[PLUG] dynamic file (script output)

[MaD dUCK <madduck@madduck.net>]

i need to create a dynamic file in that a read of the file through
something like 'cat' will actually execute a script and pretend that
the script's output to stdout is the actual file data. i tried using a
FIFO, but there is no easy and reliable way to have the pipe filled
with the output of exactly one program invocation, no more and no
less.

so if i have a file i.e. /tmp/date linked in this way to /bin/date, i
want the output from the date program when doing a 'cat /tmp/date'.

any ideas?
martin

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