Mag Gam <magaw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Currently I download a file (which is about 700MB) from wget and place > it in my /tmp and do my task on the file. If I have to work with 10 of > these fies at a single time I have to have 10 files in /tmp.
> I was wondering if anyone has a clever idea how I can avoid having all > 10 in /tmp and have a pipe or a "virtual file" so the program things > there is actually a file there. It really depends on what you need to do. Someone else has suggested a FIFO. You might find the shell can handle this for you (wget -O- url... | some_program...). If you can give us more information someone will probably be able to give directed advice. Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/dgfja7x2ag....@news.roaima.co.uk
