Re: readfrom("|")

[Elan <icimjs@...>]

Hi Luiz,

thanx, it works like a charm.

At 05:20 AM 12/30/98 -0200, you wrote:
>>From lua-l@tecgraf.puc-rio.br Wed Dec 30 03:10:39 1998
>>From: Elan <icimjs@loop.com>
>>
>>Could someone illustrate this use of readfrom such that 
>>a = readfrom("|hello")
>>will execute the file "hello" and assign the output of "hello" to the
>>variable a?
>
>try:
>
>readfrom("|ls")
>a=read(".*")
>
>>(I tried finding the implementation of readfrom in the source files, hoping
>>to be able to answer this question myself, by searching for "popen", but I
>>couldn't find the file that contains the implementation.)
>
>the file is liolib.c
>
>--lhf
>
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