=================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvsd/home/cvs/ep/README,v retrieving revision 1.3 retrieving revision 1.4 diff -u -p -r1.3 -r1.4 --- ep/README 2003/04/20 13:02:11 1.3 +++ ep/README 2003/06/19 11:21:39 1.4 @@ -1,15 +1,21 @@ -extended pipelining -------------------- +ep: extended pipelining +----------------------- + +ep is an easy-to-use pipeline process (re)director. It has the main +ability to run any number of subprocesses and redirect them basic +filedescriptors. Basic filedescriptors are 0 (standart input), +1 (standart output) and 2 (standart errput). There is no restriction +of pipe connection except that process outputs (output, errput) must +be bound with one or more processes input. ep is a pipeline connector. For most of UNIX user there was a time they wanted to bend the pipe (ie. make a bidirectional pipe) which could render many problems to a simple tasks of creating modules. - -ep is mostly used for creating a communication tree between several -programs which communicate trhough STDIN, STDOUT and STDERR pipelines. -ep supports cyclic pipelining (A -> B, B -> A) between processes thus -standing for a powerful tool for creating script-based modular -projects. +Application is mostly used for creating a communication tree between +several programs which communicate trhough STDIN, STDOUT and STDERR +pipelines. ep supports cyclic pipelining (A -> B, B -> A) between +processes thus standing for a powerful tool for creating script-based +modular projects. Developed by Ondrej Jombik and Lubomir Host Copyright (c) 2000-2003 Platon SDG, http://www.platon.sk/ @@ -21,5 +27,6 @@ The ep project management page is: http://www.platon.sk/projects/main_page.php?project_id=X (not estabilished yet!) -This document was written by Ondrej Jombik in 20th April 2003. +This document was written by Ondrej Jombik in 20th April 2003 +and updated in 19th Juny 2003.