Could create a named pipe and have one org-mode file write to it and
another org-mode file read from it.

On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 4:55 PM, Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com> wrote:

> Aloha Lawrence,
>
> Lawrence Bottorff <borgauf@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > There are many, many Babel examples, but I can't seem to find this
> > functionality: A function in a Lisp code block in one org file is to be
> > called from a Lisp code block in another org file. Is this possible? I
> know
> > you can stick stuff into your personal "Library of Babel," but I just
> want
> > to write a Lisp block that calls a function from another org file. I'll
> > have SLIME running, of course.
> >
> >
> > file1.org:
> > ...
> >  #+begin_src lisp
> > (defun foo ()
> >    (...))
> > #+end_src
> >
> > is then called from. . .
> >
> > file2.org:
> > ...
> > #+begin_src lisp
> > (defun baa ()
> >   (foo))
> > #+end_src
>
> Any Org mode file can function as Library of Babel.  In your case,
> (org-babel-lob-ingest path/to/file1.org) should do what you want.  Note
> that org-babel-lob-ingest is bound to C-c C-v i.
>
> hth,
> Tom
>
> --
> Thomas S. Dye
> http://www.tsdye.com
>
>