I wanted to use a named pipe to provide random images. I know I can use a program in a loop writing to the pipe, but that means starting the program initially (from say a init.d or xdm startup script) where it sits blocked until read from.
Question: Is there a way in Linux to have the action of the reading program opening the pipe (for reading) start up the writing program? For example, if output_image.pl is a script that writes an image to a named pipe, is there a way to associate it to a pipe where you can say: $ display some_named_pipe and have that action execute the program output_image.pl? I'm just wondering if there's a way to avoid starting the writing program. -- Bill Moseley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
