Re: Piping and the CLI parser

Sorry Jason, I didn't catch my typo about the echo program until recently. Regardless of that, do you know anything of how the piping mechanism works? Thanks for your time, -Nick "Jason Wong" <php-general@gremlins.biz> wrote in message news:<200308061459.45915.php-general@gremlins.biz>... > On Tuesday 05 August 2003 13:25, Nicolas Frisby wrote: > > [snip] > > > executes the script with arguments), I attempted some piping; which, > > through very shallow research, I've come to think uses STDIN. > > I don't think it does. > > > It fails; no piping whatsoever. Even the simplest 'dir | echo.php', > > where echo just implodes() $argv and echoes, gives no output. > > If all you're interested is in the results and not how you get there, > then > forget about $argv and just simply parse STDIN to get your 'arguments'. > > -- > Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz > Open Source Software Systems Integrators > * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * > ------------------------------------------ > Search the list archives before you post > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general > ------------------------------------------ > /* > Wonderful day. Your hangover just makes it seem terrible. > */ > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.502 / Virus Database: 300 - Release Date: 7/18/2003