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Re: [MiNT] [Mint-cvs] [FreeMiNT CVS] freemint/sys

On 08/02/15 14:04, Helmut Karlowski wrote:
> Am 08.02.2015, 13:45 Uhr, schrieb Alan Hourihane:
>
>> Hi Helmut,
>>
>> Can I ask what this fixes in more detail ?
>>
>> Does it fix specific programs ?
>
> For example:
>
> mkfifo /tmp/fifo
>
> Start two shell-windows in toswin
>
> Shell 1:
>
> cat >/tmp/fifo
>
> Shell 2:
>
> cat </tmp/fifo
>
> Now you can type lines in Shell 1, and will see the output in Shell 2
> line by line. Without the patch the output in Shell 2 appears when the
> writer (cat >...) exits. That's all. But I guess the other
> pipefes-pathches I mentioned earlier are needed for it to work at all.
>

O.k. great stuff.

Alan.