Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!cvl!umcp-cs!rehmi From: rehmi@umcp-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: [James E. Kulp : [Jonathan Payne : Suspending login shell]] Message-ID: <2103@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 23-Aug-83 19:22:01 EDT Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.2103 Posted: Tue Aug 23 19:22:01 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 25-Aug-83 23:11:07 EDT References: <4459@sri-arpa.UUCP> Organization: Univ. of Maryland, Computer Science Dept. Lines: 17 I did something like this once with first mpx files, and then with ipc when all the various filesystem-trashing mpx bugs crawled out of the woodwork onto me. They pseudo-worked, but still have many bugs, and it seems easier to do with pseudo-ttys. Or, leave your terminal logged in overnight :-) ! There was one cute crock in the mpx code where I went to read kmem to do something like ioctl(mpxfd, FIONREAD, &i) to see if there was anything to read on the mpx file. Well, it *was* cute at the time! -rehmi-- By the fork, spoon, and exec of The Basfour. Arpa: rehmi.umcp-cs@udel-relay Uucp:...!harpo!seismo!umcp-cs!rehmi ...!{allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!rehmi