Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 02:19:18 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Robert Dean <BobDean150@excite.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: select() returns on empty pipes Message-ID: <20000907021918.U18862@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <6137495.968306337764.JavaMail.imail@spike.excite.com>; from BobDean150@excite.com on Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 10:58:57PM -0700 References: <6137495.968306337764.JavaMail.imail@spike.excite.com>
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* Robert Dean <BobDean150@excite.com> [000906 23:00] wrote: > > I am in the process of porting and existing Linux application > (http://dbmix.sourceforge.net) to FreeBSD at the request of one of my er... > clients ? (how's that work in open source anyways? Is he a client? a user?) > > The core of the system is a sound daemon which accepts data from named > fifos, and combines the data into a single output stream before sending it > to a soundcard. > > Under linux, I achieved this with named pipes and a call to select(), and I > used the Stevens system V programming manual as my resource. We're actually working on a fix, the discussion about this started about a day ago, my impression is that really soon now we'll provide a useable fix which is probably going to mimick the Linux FIFO behavior. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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