Re: Running external utilities from within Yarn
From: Michael Gray (labrat@onr.com)
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 1997 16:20:02 -0600
On Wed, 02 Apr 1997 22:59:31 +0100,
jbang@image.dk (Jens Bang) wrote this about
Running external utilities from within Yarn:
>As I have mentioned earlier in this mailing list, I need to route some
>FidoNet mail via the Internet to one of my friends who have moved to the
>states. I also need to route his answers from the Internet into FidoNet.
>This is no problem, since I have the .CMD-files to do it. But can I set up
>Yarn to automagically (or when I press a key) export the file (it is either
>uuencoded or MIME encoded) and run the correct .CMD-file?
>
>I could of course check have my start-Yarn-.CMD-file check for the correct
>files after having exited Yarn, but I would really like to do it from
>within Yarn, without the need to close Yarn down.
Have you tried the 'Pipe article to program' (the | key over the \
backslash key?) This seems to let you run any command mode program
from within the Yarn shell. It's not automatic, but probably the best
solution for you. Hit the | and type in the program name,
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