Re^4: manage file in parallel

i generated this file as you suggested. What is the diffrent between 'touch' and 'mkfifo' ? do you have example how do i use this file to manage a fifo concept ? Thanks in advance azaria

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Re^5: manage file in parallel by Fletch (Bishop) on Jun 06, 2006 at 12:55 UTC
One updates the last modification and access times of a plain file (creating it if it doesn't exist); the other makes a named pipe in the filesystem. Named pipes are pretty much the same as those returned by the pipe system call, except that the endpoint is accessible from the filesystem. This allows processes without a parent-child relationship to get access to the same pipe pair. I believe perlipc covers using pipe pairs, and any decent *NIX programming tome (Stevens, Rockhind) should cover them in more detail.	[reply]
Re^5: manage file in parallel by wazoox (Prior) on Jun 06, 2006 at 13:13 UTC
You'll find an explanation with `man fifo` on you host, or on the web here : http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man4/fifo.4.html	[reply] [d/l]
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