Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!samsung!rex!ames!vsi1!altos!megadon!clp From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.unix Subject: Re: UNIX pipe bug Keywords: pipe,UNIX Message-ID: <2129@megadon.UUCP> Date: 10 Oct 90 02:25:36 GMT References: <3589@zorba.Tynan.COM> <3640@zorba.Tynan.COM> <3667@zorba.Tynan.COM> Sender: clp@megadon.UUCP Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 9 Approved: clp@megadon.UUCP The problem is that sometimes people want a "bag" they can shove stuff in at one and, and pull stuff out at the other. A UNIX fifo doesn't fit this model, because the "bag" empties itself when closed, and won't let you stuff things in unless someone's handy to pull them out again. Anyone ever implemented such a beast under UNIX (some variants of pipes on the Amiga work this way)? -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180.