<html> <head> <title>MHonArc Resources: STDIN</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../docstyles.css"> </head> <body> <!--x-rc-nav--> <table border=0><tr valign="top"> <td align="left" width="50%">[Prev: <a href="stderr.html">STDERR</a>]</td><td><nobr>[<a href="../resources.html#stdin">Resources</a>][<a href="../mhonarc.html">TOC</a>]</nobr></td><td align="right" width="50%">[Next: <a href="stdout.html">STDOUT</a>]</td></tr></table> <!--/x-rc-nav--> <hr> <h1>STDIN</h1> <!--X-TOC-Start--> <ul> <li><a href="#syntax">Syntax</a> <li><a href="#description">Description</a> <li><a href="#default">Default Setting</a> <li><a href="#rcvars">Resource Variables</a> <li><a href="#examples">Examples</a> <li><a href="#version">Version</a> <li><a href="#seealso">See Also</a> </ul> <!--X-TOC-End--> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="syntax">Syntax</a></h2> <dl> <dt><strong>Envariable</strong></dt> <dd><p>N/A </p> </dd> <dt><strong>Element</strong></dt> <dd><p>N/A </p> </dd> <dt><strong>Command-line Option</strong></dt> <dd><p> <code>-stdin <var>filename</var></code> </p> </dd> </dl> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="description">Description</a></h2> <p>STDIN can be used to specify a file to treat as standard input. </p> <p>Note, most system shells (Unix) provide the ability to redirect standard input from a file or other process. STDIN is provided where such functionality is not available or easy to achieve. </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="default">Default Setting</a></h2> <p>The default location of standard input, which is usually the terminal. </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="rcvars">Resource Variables</a></h2> <p>N/A </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="examples">Examples</a></h2> <p>One way to perform an <a href="add.html">ADD</a> operation for a single message is something like the following: </p> <pre> shell> <b>mhonarc -add -outdir /path/to/archive -stdin mesg.822</b> </pre> <p>However, any decent shell would allow: </p> <pre> shell> <b>mhonarc -add -outdir /path/to/archive < mesg.822</b> </pre> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="version">Version</a></h2> <p>2.4.2 </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="seealso">See Also</a></h2> <p> <a href="stderr.html">STDERR</a>, <a href="stdout.html">STDOUT</a> </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <!--x-rc-nav--> <table border=0><tr valign="top"> <td align="left" width="50%">[Prev: <a href="stderr.html">STDERR</a>]</td><td><nobr>[<a href="../resources.html#stdin">Resources</a>][<a href="../mhonarc.html">TOC</a>]</nobr></td><td align="right" width="50%">[Next: <a href="stdout.html">STDOUT</a>]</td></tr></table> <!--/x-rc-nav--> <hr> <address> $Date: 2003/10/06 22:04:20 $ <br> <img align="top" src="../monicon.png" alt=""> <a href="http://www.mhonarc.org/" ><strong>MHonArc</strong></a><br> Copyright © 1999, <a href="http://www.earlhood.com/" >Earl Hood</a>, <a href="mailto:mhonarc%40mhonarc.org" >mhonarc<!-- -->@<!-- -->mhonarc.org</a><br> </address> </body> </html>