Subject: Re: Files-that-are-commands.
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Zach Fine <zach@xdsl014.serv.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 01/12/2000 01:15:42
I'm guessing that something might be do-able with the portal
filesystem. Is any documentation on it available beyond that which is
contained in 'man mount_portal'.

Thanks.

-Zach Fine
czyz@serv.net

>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Rauch <rkr@rkr.kcnet.com> writes:

    Richard> I'd like to have a file (say, my .signature) run a shell
    Richard> command everytime it is read.  On the dear old Amiga, one
    Richard> could do this by using a filename under a kind of
    Richard> pipe-device (I believe the one that worked this way was a
    Richard> part of the AmiTCP/IP distribution, but that's neither
    Richard> here nor there).