Hi, On Fri, Jul 14, 2006, Rodrigo roper wrote: > create a named pipe: > $ mkfifo fifo.txt > on one terminal, write: > $ echo anything > fifo.txt > this waits until fifo.txt is opened in the other side. > then on another gnome-terminal or on another tab on the same gnome-terminal: > $ . fifo.txt > this should exec "anything" with the shell. > > the result is thar the terminal that does "echo anything > fifo.txt" is > closed after the call ". fifo.txt" > i don't know whether this is a feature or a bug
This is the behavior of your shell, and different shells have different behaviors here. What's your shell? Bye, -- Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
