IIRC it is a relatively recent features. You should reach out to the Erlang
team on erlangforum.com.
On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 17:37 Willian Frantz wrote:
> Just realized that BEAM supports communication with external processes
> using Named Pipes through Ports.
>
> ```
> terminal> mkfifo name.pipe
Just realized that BEAM supports communication with external processes
using Named Pipes through Ports.
```
terminal> mkfifo name.pipe
iex> pid = Port.open('name.pipe', [:eof])
iex> Port.command(pid, "Sending data through a pipe to whoever is listening
to...\n")
```
I was testing and trying to