On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> wrote: > > On 11/11/2011 11:36 AM, Peng Yu wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm wondering if there is a way to make a temp fifo. I could use the >> following to generate a temp fifo. But I'm wondering what is the >> safest way to generate a temp fifo. > > dir=$(mktemp -d) > file=$dir/file > mkfifo $file > > <do something> > > rm -rf $dir
Why a temp directory has to be created? > This discussion has come up before in the mailing lists; search the > archives. Nothing returns when I searched. Did I do something wrong. http://lists.gnu.org/archive/cgi-bin/namazu.cgi?query=temp+and+fifo&submit=Search!&idxname=coreutils&max=20&result=normal&sort=score -- Regards, Peng
