Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 3 Feb 2001 15:28:56 +0100 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: bidirectional named pipe? |
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Alan Cox wrote: > > /dev/spx". I experiemented with socket-based pipes under Linux, but I > > couldn't gain access to them by open()ing the name. Is there help? I > > AF_UNIX sockets are bidirectional but like all sockets use bind() and > connect().
And that's because sockets don't behave like bidirectional fifos. Each connection to a socket is a distinct stream.
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