From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from relay1.UU.NET ([192.48.96.5]) by hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu with SMTP id <24003>; Wed, 8 Dec 1993 19:42:11 -0500 Received: from spool.uu.net (via LOCALHOST) by relay1.UU.NET with SMTP (5.61/UUNET-internet-primary) id AA06341; Wed, 8 Dec 93 19:42:03 -0500 Received: from srg.UUCP by uucp6.uu.net with UUCP/RMAIL (queueing-rmail) id 194100.16340; Wed, 8 Dec 1993 19:41:00 EST Received: from ceres.srg.af.mil by srg.srg.af.mil id aa10927; Wed, 8 Dec 93 19:20:12 EST From: culliton@srg.af.mil (Tom Culliton x2278) X-Mailer: SCO System V Mail (version 3.2) To: rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu Subject: Translating question Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1993 19:20:16 -0500 Message-Id: <9312081920.aa20477@ceres.srg.af.mil> The following fragment was easy to prototype in rc: prog1 |[3] prog2 # output of fd 3 is piped to stdin but trying to convert it to Bourne shell is making me nuts! I want stdout and stderr to go to "the usual place" with just "special stuff" being piped into the second program. Could someone give me a clue before I have to embarrass myself in comp.unix.shell? Thanks! Tom (with yet another reason too love rc and hate the rest)