Am 2005-06-03 07:33:49, schrieb Mark A. Nicolosi:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to get fvwm-root to use an image piped to it. I thought if I
> used /dev/stdin as the filename it would work. It doesn't. I'm using
> this command:
>
> $ convert file.jpg png:/dev/stdout | fvwm-root -r /dev/stdin
>
> This is what I get:
> [fvwm-root] failed to load image file '/proc/self/fd/0'
>
> /dev/stdin being a symlink isn't the problem. I checked to see if
> fvwm-root decides if the file is a png or xpm by extension or content.
> It decides by content (ie I copied file.png to file and tried it).
>
> Is this a bug? Is there a way around it? I guess I could use temporary
> files, but that ugly...
And if you use
convert file.jpg png:/dev/stdout | fvwm-root -r -
which is the standard way to tell a program STDIN is used.
> TIA
Greetings
Michelle
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Received on Fri Jun 03 2005 - 08:30:33 BST