FIFOREAD(8)

💖 FIFOREAD(8) 💖

okay bestie, gather round — this is the page for fiforead, straight outta section 8 of the System Manager's Manual. she's small, she's niche, she's a whole vibe. let's get into it 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

fiforead — the test program for aprsdigi 🧪💅

like. that's literally her whole job. no cap.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

fiforead filename

one argument. one. that's it. she's low-maintenance, she's unbothered, she's iconic. 👑

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so Fiforead is useful for testing aprsdigi. that's the whole reason she exists, fr fr. she's the little helper you call when you wanna make sure aprsdigi is actually doing the thing 🫶

the way it works is: Unix datagrams that come flying in from

aprsdigi -p:unix:filename,callsign,alias...

get written to stdout. 💫 that's it. that's the tea.

note bestie: it's -p:unix:filename,callsign,alias... — keep the colons, keep the commas, keep the ..., copy it exactly. do not freestyle it. I'm begging 🙈

so the flow is giving very much: aprsdigi sends → fiforead catches → stdout receives. a little relay moment, a little pipeline princess energy 👑✨

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

Alan Crosswell, n2ygk@weca.org — the legend herself, the main character who wrote this whole thing 💖

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and that's the page, babe. mwah. 🎀

this was the System Manager's Manual version, dated 4 April 2003 — yeah, she's an elder but she still slays 💅✨ go forth and test your aprsdigi, bestie. 🦋🌸