Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 30 Oct 2001 18:02:07 +1100 (EST) | From | Tim Connors <> | Subject | Re: Need blocking /dev/null |
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On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
> > > I noticed that I need a pseudodevice that opens normally but blocks all > > > reads (and writes). The only way out would be through a signal. Neither > > > > Try using a pipe > > You're right. This is what I wanted to do: > > while true > do > ssh -R a:b:c host > sleep 10 > done </dev/never >/dev/null > > But I could do it like this: > > while true > do > sleep 100000 > done | > while true > do > ssh -R a:b:c host > sleep 10 > done >/dev/null
Highly elegant :)
How bout just `mkfifo /tmp/blockme` and read on /tmp/blockme - just don't write to it!
-- TimC -- http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~tcon/
> cat ~/.signature CPU time limit exceeded (core dumped)
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