Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!dimacs.rutgers.edu!seismo!uunet!talgras!david From: david@talgras.UUCP (David Hoopes) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Unbuffered pipe(2)'s? Keywords: pipe,popen,buffer Message-ID: <41@talgras.UUCP> Date: 8 Feb 91 14:43:40 GMT References: <1991Feb7.200815.3880@odin.corp.sgi.com> <1991Feb07.211021.8761@convex.com> Reply-To: david@talgras.UUCP (David Hoopes) Distribution: usa Organization: Tallgrass Technologies Inc. Lines: 18 In article <1991Feb07.211021.8761@convex.com> tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) writes: >From the keyboard of gavin@krypton.asd.sgi.com (Gavin Bell): >:Is there any way to turn off the PIPE_MAX-long buffer used for pipes? >:I need simple unbuffered, one-way communication. >: [ stuff deleted ] > >If you have the code for filter1, just unbuffer stdout, or fflush it at ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ How does one go about unbuffering stdout? -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- David Hoopes Tallgras Technologies Inc. uunet!talgras!david 11100 W 82nd St. Voice: (913) 492-6002 x323 Lenexa, Ks 66214