[ILUG] difficulty redirecting to a pipe

[Glenn Strong]

On Friday, December 16, 2005 at 14:37 +0000, Glenn Strong wrote:
> On , December 16, 2005 at 14:36 +0000, Ciaran O'Riordan wrote:
> [...]
> > Anyone know the answer?  Thanks.
>  
> mkfifo?
> 
> Haven't tried this, but it should work (famous last words...)
> 
> $ mkfifo the_stream
> $ mplayer -playlist http://globe-ss.dagupan.com:8080/dzbb.asx -ao pcm:file=the_stream &
> $ oggenc the_stream.wav

make that last one "oggenc the_stream", obviously.



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 Actually, it's only important one of us not be an idiot, but I'm
 afraid *my* hands are tied...)

-- 
Glenn Strong