Re: Linux 2.3.3[234] FIFOs (named pipes) are unreliable

[Horst von Brand]

"Jim Nance" <[e-mail]> said:
> On Thu, Dec 23, 1999 at 01:50:25AM +0100, Markus Schoder wrote:
> > FIFOs (named pipes) are unreliable in Linux 2.3.33
> > (probably older kernels too).  When doing the following

> Wow, they are broken.  Under 2.3.34 I get:

Under 2.3.35pre3, i686, UP: At first, nothing (3 x "echo Hello" and
nothing), then "for r in 1 2 3; do echo hello > /tmp/f; done" spits out the
first 3 "Hello" and a "hello". Next cat gets 2 "hello", after that it
works, save that the "echo" hangs until something is read.
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