On 10/23/06, Peter Daum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am trying to figure out a way to write data to a fifo without knowing whether there is a reader available and without ever blocking.
Although you could use the four-arg select() to detect ready-to-write, there's no way to avoid filling the buffer and blocking without checking select() again after each byte. One solution, if it works in your situation, might be to fork a child process which will write the data, blocking as needed, allowing the main program to continue without blocking. Good luck with it! --Tom Phoenix -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
