Re: The joy of pipes

On 11/18/24 8:45 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 18/11/2024 11:05, Pancho wrote:

I do remember looking at named pipes and deciding it was appropriate for some task, but I have no memory of actually implementing it. Which could mean it just worked and I never thought about it again, or it could mean I didn't do it.

 Similar here.
I've tended to use ramdisk files ... for interprocess communication. Not idiot proof, but can be made fit for purpose.

   As I was saying all along ... yer passing "blocks
   of information" between processes. CAN be done
   in a large number of ways and they'll all WORK.
   Temporary files on a RAMdisk are fine (but slower).
   Pipes are fine, the "normal 'C' way". MQs will
   work. In any case it'll get done.
   Dunno why everybody seems so keen to slag anybody
   who doesn't do it/see it exactly like some high-holy
   manual from 1982 says you're supposed to. That's
   no fun !
   Hmmm ... can you pass IPC data using paper tape ?
   It'd be cool !  :-)