That much I figured. It also doesn't work with fifo (limit error). I hoped this was some kind of bug you guys could fix, since c standard lib functions wouldn't care.
> On Apr 18, 2017, at 12:33 AM, bill lam <[email protected]> wrote: > > 1!:x cannot read non regular files.try > 2!:0'cat /dev/...' > > > > On 18 Apr, 2017 1:13 pm, "Xiao-Yong Jin" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I was trying to get some random bits but found out that 1!:11 doesn't work > with /dev/urandom. > > _3(3!:4)1!:11'/dev/urandom';0 8 > |index error > | _3(3!:4) 1!:11'/dev/urandom';0 8 > > It works with a normal file but not /dev/urandom. > Is it a bug? Any work around for this? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
