> $ mkfifo /var/tmp/foo
> $ buffer -i /var/tmp/foo # misc/buffer
> # in another console:
> $ echo hi > /var/tmp/foo
>
> buffer prints hi and exits. I want it to keep reading and printing
> indefinitely.
>
> Further experimentation revealed that I need two writers: one dummy
> writer that just keeps /var/tmp/foo open for writing, and the other
> doing the "real work". This way buffer wouldn't exit. But how to emulate
> the dummy writer? It itself needs to block on something to keep
> /var/tmp/foo open. Any clean way to do this in shell? Maybe the solution
> is quite simple but isn't at the tip of my tongue.
>
> Thanks.
too easy
n csh:
while 1
buffer -i /var/tmp/foo
end
or in sh:
while true; do
buffer -i /var/tmp/foo
done
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