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- Path: sparky!uunet!darwin.sura.net!convex!convex!tchrist
- From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@convex.COM>
- Subject: Re: named pipes (was: Finger and .plan, .project)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.141331.2675@news.eng.convex.com>
- Originator: tchrist@pixel.convex.com
- Keywords: named pipes, fopen, popen, .plan, .profile, .signature
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- Reply-To: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen)
- Organization: CONVEX Realtime Development, Colorado Springs, CO
- References: <14u80cINNbd8@grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr> <1992Jul26.165838.1278@news.eng.convex.com> <150j4eINNilf@smurf.smurf.sub.org>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 14:13:31 GMT
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- Matthias Urlichs writes:
-
- > End of file. You'd have to wait for both tail processes to finish before you
- > could start the diff
-
- How come? Can't I start as soon as there's something there, even in the
- case of a file?
-
- > You could probably create the temp files, mandatory-lock them, and then
- > exec the tail processes. If the diff waits for the lock correctly (that's why
- > the lock has to be mandatory) you have a workable lockout.
-
- Ah, I see -- you have to be able to know when the file is all done with.
-
- > Or their .signature. ;-)
-
- Moi? :-)
-
- > Ugh. I'd include almost every development tool. Or take cp for instance --
- > do you still want to be able to copy executable files? ;-)
-
- Yes, I'm not happy with it happening ALWAYS. I think either a mode on
- the file (or type) or else an explicit open that way "[rw]x" would be
- better.
-
- > If you happen to be one of the fretful minority who can do creative work,
- > never force an idea; you'll abort it if you do. Be patient and you'll give
- > birth to it when the time is ripe. Learn to wait.
- > -- Lazarus Long
-
- ah thanks; (cat; echo %%) >> ~/News/SIGNATURES
-
- --tom
-
- --
- Tom Christiansen tchrist@convex.com convex!tchrist
-
- "* Unix is a footnote of AT&T Bell Laboratories."
- --Barry Shein
-