... in the meantime, I discovered a solution, so let me answer
my own question in case somebody else stumbles on this.
Peter Daum wrote:
> I am trying to figure out a way to write data to a fifo without
> knowing whether there is a reader available and without ever blocking.
> What I'd like is som
On 10/23/06, Peter Daum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am trying to figure out a way to write data to a fifo without
knowing whether there is a reader available and without ever blocking.
Although you could use the four-arg select() to detect ready-to-write,
there's no way to avoid filling the b
>Unfortunately, the open fails unless there is somebody reading from
>the fifo- It is possible to open a fifo for read without blocking, but
>I couldn't find any way to do this for writing. For reading, it also
>seems to be possible to ge a signal if data is available, but I can't
>think of any wa
