Hi! The system doesn't wait for me to open the reader, I get the message instantly.
I worked on 4.7 & still does (also on linux, netbsd, ... :-) ) This is NetBSD 1.6 [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# echo "test" > f & [1] 2383 [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cat < f test [1]+ Done echo "test" >f And this is FreeBSD 5.0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# echo "test" > f & [1] 2436 [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# -bash: f: Resource temporarily unavailable [1]+ Exit 1 echo "test" >f Borut On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 04:10, Lyndon Nerenberg {VE6BBM} wrote: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# mkfifo f; find /etc > f & > >[1] 2200 > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# -bash: f: Resource temporarily unavailable > > You need a reader on the other side of the FIFO. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message