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- Subject: Re: pipe -> lua -> pipe ???
- From: meino.cramer@...
- Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:33:06 +0200
Javier Guerra Giraldez <javier@guerrag.com> [14-10-24 19:20]:
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 11:51 AM, <meino.cramer@gmx.de> wrote:
> > How can I implement this "read from stdin and write to stdout"-thingy
> > without using files (I dont want to use the flash due to the wear-out
> > problems) ?
>
>
> io.read() and io.write() default to stdin and stdout, respectively.
> there's also io.stdin, io.stdout and io.stderr, which are file objects
> already open, you can read/write there.
>
> finally, in Linux you can open /dev/stdin and /dev/stdout and you get
> a new handle to stdin and stderr, handy to use with any program that
> gets a filename.
>
> --
> Javier
>
Hi Javier,
thanks a lot for your help!
I am still a beginner to lua...
Best regards,
mcc