PowerDOS PIPE.DEV TEXT



This program is FreeWare (C) 1992 PowerPoint Software
(C) 1992 DragonWare Software Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


Pipes are a way for multitasking proceses to exchange data.

To install the PowerDOS PIPE.DEV do the following.

Add a line to the end of your PowerDOS CONFIGUR file that states:
#PIPE.DEV $BUFFERSIZE

BUFFERSIZE = the size of the pipe in 1/2 K bytes.

Then copy the PIPE.DEV file to your PowerDOS folder.

Reboot your system and Pipes will be installed.

Talking to a pipe:

To talk to a pipe you use it just like a file.

IE:
 Open the file "PIPE:\TEST.PIP"
 write to it.
 close it.
The other application can have the same file opened for read and get the 
data from the pipe you wrote.

NOTE:
     The pipe is a Circle file made in memory.  When you have filled the
 file to its preset size (BUFFERSIZE*512 bytes) the Pipe will
 overwrite the old data starting at byte 1.



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