Re: Redirection and Variables

[Nikolai Weibull <zsh-users-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

* Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx> [Oct 19, 2004 16:10]:
> > Well, the script is run like

> > url-extract <mail

> You could pass the file "mail" as an argument to url-extract, then only
> redirect from it internally for the chunk which needs it.  That avoids
> any dependence on /dev/tty.  Remember you can do things like:

>   {
>     # stuff with mail as input
>   } <mail

>   # stuff with normal input

> without having to create subshells.

Yeah, that would be fine, but I can't take the file as an argument.
This script is used from mutt and piping of messages is what you have at
your disposal in that case.
	nikolai

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