Re: Files and pipes only?

[Lars H. <lhe...@us...>]

> 1998-09-16  Lars Hecking  <lhe...@nm...>
> 
>          * datafile.c: Modified version of Alexander Mai's stat(2) patch
>          (check if regular file or pipe before opening data file).
> 
> Good luck trying to find Alexander and getting him to remember what his 
> rationale for that patch was, over nine years ago.
 
 I can't find the actual patch, nor can I find a complete info-gnuplot-beta
 archive here, but the rationale was simply to avoid opening objects that
 don't  make sense in the context, e.g. directories. So, if there can be
 a more elegant or general solution, no problem.