[on-discuss] When can "cat" writing to a FIFO fail with exit code 141 ?

[Alan Coopersmith]

Roland Mainz wrote:
> Does anyone know in which conditions "cat" may return an exit code of
> "141" when writing to a FIFO ?

When you try using a FIFO that the other end has closed, get a
SIGPIPE (141 == 0x80 | SIGPIPE) and didn't have a signal handler
installed for it?

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