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From: "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net>
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At 04:25 30-01-2000 +0100, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
>The command line allows you to *interface* programs, mostly through
>pipes, and to use files as data sources and destinations. Yes,
>programs need to hammer out all data as flat text streams and
>reconvert them into internal representations. Not as sexy as
>exchanging persistent objects in binary form, but it works.

Actually, they can be binary. For example, gracula sends GIF files to
stdout, and can be piped. GIF files are binary. This is at least possible
under Unix. Under Windows, not reliably (since Windows distinguishes
between text files and binary files and assumes stdin and stdout are text
files).

Cheers,
Adam


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