Buffer or string as file input?

Buffer or string as file input?

[Jonathon McKitrick]

I need to call CALL-PROCESS but the stdin argument will be a string I am constructing.  I would prefer to avoid writing that to a file just to read it into the command.

Is there a way to use a buffer or string as a file input, like a stream?

Re: Buffer or string as file input?

[Barry Margolin]

In article <e6be9402-c808-4e60-af58-6d7ee6d7ed47@googlegroups.com>,
 Jonathon McKitrick <jmckitrick@gmail.com> wrote:

> I need to call CALL-PROCESS but the stdin argument will be a string I am 
> constructing.  I would prefer to avoid writing that to a file just to read it 
> into the command.
> 
> Is there a way to use a buffer or string as a file input, like a stream?

call-process-region uses a region in the current buffer as stdin for the 
process.

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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