Darren New wrote:
> Stewart Stremler wrote:
>> The UNIX approach of "one file, one stream" is a *feature*.
> 
> I think we'll just have to agree to disagree on this one.
> 
>> I thought the trick was to create the file, then unlink it immediately.
> 
> That's what I said. That works poorly if you want multiple processes
> using the file while it's open,

Not at all. You just fork after you create the file. I've also seen some
OS's that let you copy a file descriptor from another process, which is
a pretty cool way to handle it. I don't think there is a way to do that
with Linux.

--Chris

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