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Date:      Thu, 30 Dec 1999 17:57:24 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        peter.jeremy@ALCATEL.COM.AU
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: gcc compiler problem part deux
Message-ID:  <199912310157.RAA39464@vashon.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <99Dec31.091308est.40324@border.alcanet.com.au>
References:  <99Dec31.091308est.40324@border.alcanet.com.au>

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In article <99Dec31.091308est.40324@border.alcanet.com.au>, Peter
Jeremy <peter.jeremy@ALCATEL.COM.AU> wrote:

> Last time I checked (I haven't moved to the latest gcc, so I can't
> confirm it there), one significant difference between 'cc -E'
> and /usr/libexec/cpp was that the latter would read from a pipe,
> whilst the former wouldn't.  This can make converting to 'cc -E' a
> non-trivial exercise.

That's what /dev/stdin is for:

    cat hello.c | cc -E -x c /dev/stdin

John
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  John Polstra                                               jdp@polstra.com
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence."  -- Chögyam Trungpa



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