[REBOL] Re: piping email into an external app from rebol
From: greggirwin:mindspring at: 14-Sep-2003 11:42
Hi John,
JU> I'm trying to loop around in Rebol, downloading all the mail in a pop-box
JU> and piping each one through an existing C executable...
JU> Just about figured out the mail bit but I don't have a clue how to pipe the
JU> downloaded email into an external program
JU> Of course I could have piped the entire output from Rebol into it from the
JU> command line but I'm trying handle the loop from within the rebol code so I
JU> don't have to exit and have the overhead of reconnecting to the
JU> mailserver...
It depends on your C program I guess. If you redirect the output in
the shell, you can just use PRINT in REBOL and the output will go
there. Will that work for you? There were a few messages here recently
on piping that should contain some good hints as well.
-- Gregg
