On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Jason Dagit wrote: > Does anyone know an easy way that doesn't require root to do this > with unix or linux? Sure, create a named pipe. All the widely used scripting languages will allow you to do this quite simply. See, e.g., http://www.rocketaware.com/perl/perlipc/Named_Pipes.htm --Paul Heinlein <heinlein at attbi.com>