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Date:      Sun, 5 Jan 2003 18:53:14 +0200
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: What are the SMTP rules for sending mail to FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <20030105165314.GA634@gothmog.gr>
In-Reply-To: <20030105151622.GC669@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>
References:  <3E0DBCFC.5040907@quadtelecom.com> <5.1.1.6.2.20021228111607.0243f108@mail.go2france.com> <20021229002511.GD92510@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20021229174612.GR348@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <20021230005622.GE19243@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20030102154044.GK348@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <20030102155305.GL348@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <20030104033246.GC12462@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20030105151622.GC669@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>

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On 2003-01-05 16:16, Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> wrote:
> # grog@FreeBSD.org / 2003-01-04 14:02:46 +1030:
> >   cat > $myfile
> >   server=`egrep -i < $myfile "In:  [HE][HE]LO"|sed 's/^.*LO *//' `
> >   if [ "$server" = "" ]; then
> >     server=`egrep -i < $myfile "^Subject.*errors from "|sed 's/^Subject.*errors from //; s:\[.*::g' `
> >   fi
> >
> > Confusing, isn't it?  The thing is, this program is a filter.  The
> > first line copies stdin to $myfile for future (multiple) readings.
>
>     Ok, so you pipe the Postfix-generated message into B which slurps it
>     into $myfile and that is where you access it... I'm just a luser, so
>     excuse me if this is nonsense, but do you do that because stdin is
>     not seekable?

Sort of.  Standard input can be seekable.  When you redirect it using
something like:

	% blah < filename

The blah program can seek its stdin.  Pipes on the other hand are not
seekable.

- Giorgos


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