/dev/stdin

[Root Boy Jim]

   From: "Brandon S. Allbery" <allbery at ncoast.uucp>
   Date: 5 Jul 88 17:47:29 GMT
   Followup-To: comp.unix.wizards

   As quoted from <16305 at brl-adm.ARPA> by rbj at cmr.icst.nbs.gov (Root Boy Jim):
   +---------------
   | Another (mis?)use is to compile programs from stdin. First, we do
   | `ln -s /dev/stdin x.c', then `cc -c x.c'. I'm sure one can find really
   +---------------

   Would this work?  I was under the impression that the C compiler made
   multiple passes over the source -- not useful if you build a pipe with

Multiple passes?

	rm /bin/cc
	/lib/cpp x.c | /lib/ccom | /lib/c2 | /bin/as -o x.o

Multiple passes, yes, but not over the original source.

   ln -s /dev/stdin x.c; (CProgramGenerator | cc -c x.c); rm x.c

   ++Brandon
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