>> hp% dash -Cc 'rm ff; mkfifo ff; echo a > ff' >> ^Cdash: 1: cannot create ff: Interrupted system call > >> It seems to be the same case for mksh, ksh93, posh, pdksh. Not that it >> matters though. > > Blocking is intended behaviour when opening a fifo without a > counterparty. It can be used to good effect for synchronizing processes, > sometimes even without transferring any data.
Yup, sorry about the noise there. That was just a misunderstanding on my part. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe dash" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
