I am not really sure, but I don't think that Windows (ick) supports fifos... I
think that is mostly a sysv bit of fun. Why not use sockets?
--jason
On 23-Oct-98 Steve Bankes wrote:
>
> I am seeking advice about interprocess communication between a Java
> application
> and other, not necessarily Java, applications.
>
> I am developing the Java application under Linux but want to be able to run
> it
> under Windows. So far I have been using Linux FIFO's (named pipes) rather
> than
> sockets. I am using FIFO's because it is easier to write shell scripts that
> will create, read from and write to FIFO's than for sockets, and because
> there
> does not seem to be a Java internal socket; i.e there seems to be no Java
> analog
> of AF_UNIX (UNIX internal protocols) sockets.
>
> So far this approach is working fine under Linux. I know nothing about
> Widows
> or Windows programming. I am concerned how portable this will be to Windows.
>
> Steve Bankes
