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Tim Johnson wrote:
> Hi:
>
> Is it possible to do File I/O with elisp.
>   (as opposed to reading it into a buffer)
>
> IOWS: read a file
>       process stream a line at a time
> 	  process programmatically

Not really.  The normal way of doing the above is to create a buffer
for the file first.

It might be better if you tell us what you're trying to do, that makes
it easier to suggest something.