Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Need blocking /dev/null | Date | Tue, 30 Oct 2001 08:04:46 -0800 (PST) | From | (Marko Rauhamaa) |
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> How bout just `mkfifo /tmp/blockme` > and read on /tmp/blockme - just don't write to it!
I don't think that will work, not the same way anyway. The problem is it will block on open(2) and will never get to read(2).
Marko
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