Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!tellab5!chinet!les From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: named pipe across NFS Message-ID: <1991Apr24.212221.21305@chinet.chi.il.us> Date: 24 Apr 91 21:22:21 GMT References: Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX Lines: 16 In article jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes: > Why things were done this way touches upon the recent argument about >whether or not NFS should support transparent access to remote >devices. I would argue that it should not, and that the behavior you >are observing is correct for what NFS was designed to do and what it >was not. Not to suggest that NFS should be changed, but just that there are choices and differences of opinions, RFS does support named pipes spanning machines. And yes, it is sometimes useful to be able to communicate across machines with simple shell redirection and the queuing mechanism built into FIFOS. Les Mikesell les@chinet.chi.il.us