> -------Original Message-------
> From: Nathan Coulter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: mkfifo and tee within a function
> Sent: 2006-11-28 17:19
> I think that is true for an anonymous pipe, but not for a named pipe.
> Timing is not the issue here. A command which opens a named pipe for writing
> should block until a reader comes online. In the following example, I get an
> error with "source', but not with "cat". Why?
>
> $>cmd_print () { mkfifo zout; tee zout & cat zout >/dev/null ; rm zout; }
> $>cmd_print <<EOF
> > date
> > EOF
> [1] 5263
> date
> [1]+ Done tee zout
> $>cmd_print () { mkfifo zout; tee zout & source zout ; rm zout; }
> $>cmd_print <<EOF
> > date
> > EOF
> [1] 5267
> $>date
> tee: zout: Broken pipe
>
In the following example, I get different output depending on whether I source
the script or invoke it. Is there an explanation for this or is it a bug?
$>cat test1
#!/bin/bash
cmd_print () { mkfifo zout; tee zout & cat zout; rm zout; }
cmd_print <<EOF
date
EOF
$>source test1
date
date
[1]+ Done tee zout
$>./test1
$>
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Nathan Coulter
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