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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi David,<br>
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            size="2"><big>E</big></font>xternal execution assume the <font
            size="2">data for output port is string and process <font
              size="2">it accordingly. So I don't think <font size="2">it
                <font size="2">can correctly</font> send binary data
                from its output port. <br>
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                <font size="2">     <font size="2">One way work<font
                      size="2"> around is to redi<font size="2">rect the
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        face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"><big><font size="2"><font
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                            face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"><big><font
                                size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2">binary
                                  </font></font></font></big></font>output
                          into a <font size="2">file and the next '</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></big></font><font
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                            size="2"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"
                              size="2"><big><font size="2"><big>E</big></font>xternal
                                execution</big></font>' actor will read
                            <font size="2">dat<font size="2">a from the
                                file. If it f<font size="2">its your
                                  need<font size="2">s, I can send a
                                    demo workflow for it.</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><br>
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      <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Best wishes

Sincerely yours

Jianwu Wang, Ph.D.
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jianwu@sdsc.edu">jianwu@sdsc.edu</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://users.sdsc.edu/~jianwu/">http://users.sdsc.edu/~jianwu/</a>

Assistant Project Scientist
Scientific Workflow Automation Technologies (SWAT) Laboratory
San Diego Supercomputer Center
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA, U.S.A. </pre>
      On 4/18/13 11:02 AM, Brown, David M JR wrote:<br>
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        <div>To whom it may concern,</div>
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        <div>I’ve got a set of binary tools that use standard unix style
          pipes to communicate and process data. So to write this up in
          Kepler I chose to use the external execution component and run
          each command separately connecting one components standard
          output to
          the other components standard input. However, the
          communication isn’t in text its binary. I’m having issues
          where the first part of the process doesn’t recognize the
          header sent to the program as valid.</div>
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        <div>Are there any issues with sending binary data from external
          execution components output port?</div>
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        <div>Thanks,</div>
        <div>- David Brown</div>
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