Hello,

can you please explain me how to use the stdin/stdout with gpc? The compiler does not seem to know these.

I tried to declare some functions from libc, but it didn't work, too. Here's my code:

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program passtrough;

function fopen(name:pChar; mode:integer):integer; asmname 'open'; function fclose(handle:integer):integer; asmname 'close';

function fread(handle:integer; VAR Buffer; length:integer):integer; asmname 'read'; function fwrite(handle:integer; VAR Buffer; length:integer):integer; asmname 'write';

CONST O_RDONLY = 00; O_WRONLY = 01; O_RDWR = 02; O_CREAT = 0100; O_EXCL = 0200; O_NOCTTY = 0400; O_TRUNC = 01000; O_APPEND = 02000; O_NONBLOCK = 04000; O_NDELAY = O_NONBLOCK; O_SYNC = 010000;

var fin,fout:integer; buffer:array[1..1024] of byte; bytesread:integer;

begin fin := fopen('/dev/stdin',O_RDONLY); fout:= fopen('/dev/stdout',O_WRONLY);

repeat

bytesread:=fread(fin,buffer,1024); if bytesread=-1 then begin writeln('read error'); Halt; end; if fwrite(fout,buffer,bytesread)=-1 then begin writeln('write error'); Halt; end;

until bytesread<>1024;

fclose(fin); fclose(fout); end.

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It *does* work when stdin/stdout are connected to the terminal, but when using pipes it seems not to work.

Any suggestions?

Bye Andreas