Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha wrote:
> I thought that "broken pipe" was an error code set by kernel
> when
> it tries to write to a pipe that has no readers... Interesting... I'll
> take a look...
In the case of a named-pipe (a fifo-special-file-thing) the writer just
goes to sleep, and will never get a broken pipe error. Don't confuse the
code for both different types of pipes.
David Heremans
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former operates in a country where people don't sue
each other over coffee being too hot."
Linus Torvalds
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