Re: NFS compatibility problem with pipes

[Jamie Lokier]

David Malone wrote:
> > A pipe is undefined in NFSv2 (it btw doesnt do anything useful in NFSv3
> > either - its there but doesnt run across the network).
> 
> Couldn't it behave as a named pipe would in the local filesystem?
> I'm sure I've seen this work elsewhere? (Not that that means it's
> the correct thing to do, but...)

It's the correct thing to do for NFS mounted diskless systems.

Just like devices in /dev: they don't run across the network either.

-- Jamie