Re: [R] Making fifo work (Linux)

2012-12-09 Thread Jeff Newmiller
Your problem seems to be unfamiliarity with this operating-system-specific feature. You should be reading the OS documentation (e.g. "man fifo" and learning how to use the feature in general before using it in R. (Hint: off-topic here.) Some words to the wise: Make sure you test with two proces

[R] Making fifo work (Linux)

2012-12-09 Thread Worik R
Friends I need to get R reading from a fifo. I want it to block till there is some data in the fifo, consume what input it gets there, do some thing with it then loop back and block again. Very simple. Yes? No. The example in the documentation works OK.. zz <- fifo("foo-fifo", "w+")