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PURPOSE

     FIFOR reads the value parameter from the named pipe

TAE COMMAND LINE FORMAT

     local somestrvar string
     fifor pipename=thePipeName strvar=somestrvar

OPERATION

     FIFOR reads the value parameter from the named pipe and copies it
     to strvar.

     
RESTRICTIONS

     The named pipe must exist and be readable. This program will block
     until there is a value to read.

WRITTEN BY:            W. L. Bunch, Wed Feb 21 2007

COGNIZANT PROGRAMMER:  W. L. Bunch

REVISIONS: 
  Wed Feb 21 2007    Initial version
  Sat Dec 29 2007 wlb switched to USES_ANSI_C AND LIB_CARTO; misc cleanup
  2022-08-10 B. Crocco afids to opensource (untested)
  

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