On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 01:16:43PM -0700, Jim Prewett wrote:
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> All,
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> I'm trying to make a list of open files containing several files, both
> FIFOs and standard text files.
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> When I try to open a FIFO that has no input available, CMUCL hangs (19A).
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> Can someone tell me if this is a bug or a feature?
Welcome to Unix country. This is a feature of your operating system.
> Here is my test code:
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> ;; there are 2 files
> ;; foo is a fifo created with mkfifo
> ;; bar is a standard (empty) text file
> (let ((fifo-filename "foo")
> (std-filename "bar"))
> (list
> (open std-filename) ;; this open hangs if no input on the fifo
> (open fifo-filename)) ;; this never(?) hangs
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
> James E. Prewett
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