MaD dUCK on Sun, 19 Nov 2000 21:13:17 -0500 (EST)


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Re: [PLUG] dynamic file (script output)


also sprach Walt Mankowski (on Sun, 19 Nov 2000 09:06:21PM -0500):
> OK then, why do you want to do this?  What's the advantage of being
> able to cat the file instead of just executing it directly?

to use it in programs that expect a file. simple example: your
.signature file, so the signature to every mail you write will be
dynamically created...

martin

  `echo madduck@!#:1:s@\@@@.net`

(greetings from the heart of the sun.)

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         if sound were not capable of suggesting colour,
         if colours could not give the idea of the melody,
         if sound and colour were not adequate to express ideas."
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