2010/9/3 Jilles Tjoelker jil...@stack.nl:
This patch assumes that the file descriptor is discarded afterwards (its
position does not matter). Therefore the very common construct
while read x; do
...
done
stops working.
Ohh.. thanks for that, I didn't see it.
Actually while read x
On Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 08:20:33PM +0200, Steve Schnepp wrote:
2010/9/3 Jilles Tjoelker jil...@stack.nl:
This patch assumes that the file descriptor is discarded afterwards (its
position does not matter). Therefore the very common construct
while read x; do
...
done
stops
2010/9/2 Jilles Tjoelker jil...@stack.nl:
Thanks for your prompt reply.
Note that a change in the file between the single-byte reads will cause
an inconsistent value to be read. This is also the case with regular
files on a filesystem, so it is acceptable.
Are you implying that:
- if the
2010/9/1 Steve Schnepp steve.schn...@gmail.com:
conforming to POSIX isn't a realistic option, would it be possible to
have a workaround that doesn't involve an external tool like cat(1) ?
Hi, I just hacked attached a little patch away to be able to solve this case.
Feel free to reply with your
