On Monday 31 March 2008 16:40, James Simmons wrote:
>
> > # { echo TEST; sleep 1; } | { ./nonblocking; cat; ./blocking; } >result
> > cat: read error: Resource temporarily unavailable
> >
> > and file "result" contains "TEST", as expected. -- vda
>
> For my case I have ` cat /var/log/test | more ` where the test log is a
> ring buffer.
I do not understand what do you mean by "ring buffer" here.
> Without the patch cat will read the file but then just sit
> there once it reaches the end.
Really? I think cat exits when it reaches end-of-file.
> With the non blocking patch it exits.
> Any work arounds for this?
Please describe what do you want to achieve.
How "ring buffer" works?
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vda
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