Actually, one little trick I've used-- where I didn't have to worry about moving data between systems-- was a FIFO.
(All right, so I first used this just over 20 years ago.) Once a FIFO is created, the trick is to ensure any writes to it from a client program are ATOMIC. (You do NOT want to know what I used a FIFO for. Just... don't.) The write() needs to be atomic; the read() calls need not be. (read a size field and then the actual string). As can be seen, this is not a useful trick when crossing between systems. -soup -- John R. Campbell Speaker to Machines souperb at gmail dot com MacOS X proved it was easier to make Unix user-friendly than to fix Windows ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
