Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 May 1998 09:28:01 -0400 | From | Chip Salzenberg <> | Subject | Re: [BUG] Passing FDs over pipes |
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According to Richard Gooch: > David S. Miller writes: > > Richard Gooch: > > > So where does it say that passing FDs over a pipe is a no-no? > > Nowhere does it say it's allowed either. > OK, but I hope you don't have an objection to allowing it :-) > It's a very handy feature.
You may have come to expect it to work because some systems may basically not _have_ pipes, just socket pairs used like pipes. -- Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <chip@perlsupport.com> "Gomez! I just invented the wheel!!" //MST3K
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