gabriel rosenkoetter on Fri, 11 Apr 2003 14:48:05 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] Linux FIFOs


On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 02:38:01PM -0400, Jeff Weisberg wrote:
> there is no way for the signature writing program to
> indicate to the signature reading program "stop reading"
> over a fifo.

Sure there is. Use a FIFO for what it's supposed to be: an IPC
mechanism. Define a protocol that has a machine-legible "stop" in
its alphabet. Speak that protocol.

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gabriel rosenkoetter
gr@eclipsed.net

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