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PURPOSE
FIFOW writes the value parameter to the named pipe
TAE COMMAND LINE FORMAT
fifow pipename=<thePipeName> value="some value to write"
OPERATION
FIFOW writes the value parameter to the named pipe
RESTRICTIONS
The named pipe must exist and be writable. This program will block
until the written value is 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)
PARAMETERS:
PIPENAME
The pipe name (created with system command "mkfifo").
VALUE
The value to write to the pipe.
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