Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 01:34:44 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@mammalia.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: fifos and sockets Message-ID: <392CE5A4.B1F079CB@3-cities.com> References: <20000525001104.A7319@manatee.mammalia.org>
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R Joseph Wright wrote: > > I copied the contents of /var to /usr/var using tar. Then I did > # diff -r /var /usr/var > > It says this: > # File /var/run/log is a socket while /usr/var/run/log is a fifo > > What is a fifo? And how do I create a socket for /usr/var/run/log? Did you try this in multi-user mode or did you boot single user and mount before you did the tar. There are things in use when you are still in multi-user. For example, I have a /var/run/internet local domain socket that is open when I have user-ppp running. You can't copy something like that with tar. It didn't start in single user mode. A FIFO is First In First Out. Some terms like this are explained in the Jargon file from the ports. You can also look expressions like the story about the use of a "dead chicken". I moved /var out of / in single user mode. There somethings that can go wild and will chew up /var. When you have it soft linked to /usr, it will be /usr that you fill up. Kent > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ SETI(Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ HOME http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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