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Subject: fopen() on a pipe blocks multi threated applications.
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Hi

fopen() on a pipe blocks multi threated applications.

If pipe is not ready for reading, fopen blocks every thread until STREAM
is ready.

Is there a good reason for this ?

I use fbsd v4.9 release.

Regards

Rmkml@Wanadoo.fr