Christoph Mallon wrote:
rihad schrieb:
Something as simple as this:
$ sh < /dev/null > /var/tmp/kick 2>/dev/null
seems to block indefinitely, but exits as soon as I run
$ buffer -i /var/tmp/foo
(and buffer exits too)
Strangely enough, something as stupid as this does the trick:
sh < /dev/stdout > /var/tmp/kick 2>/dev/null
i.e. reading from stdout blocks. Now sh keeps buffer block on
/var/tmp/kick and never exit ;) I'm not sure what this does or why and
how it works Unix-wise.
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