kenn humborg kennlinuxie sat jul 20 2002 104736am 0100 stephen shirley wrote easy get one program act output second program cmd1 cmd2 want cmd1 act output cmd2 well hmm eventually came solution mkfifo io cmd1 io mine happy person case wondering aim write shell script could check new mail imap server doesnt answer question perhaps combination expect netcat telnet might made easier solution later kenn irish linux users group iluglinuxie httpwwwlinuxiemailmanlistinfoilug unsubscription information list maintainer listmasterlinuxie sat 20 jul 2002 121857 0100 ilug vanquishing daemons shell scripting