Re: [Caml-list] Named pipe problem: is this a bug?

[Virgile Prevosto <virgile.prevosto@m4x.org>]

Le 08/01/2005, à 05:03:42 PM, Alan Schmitt a écrit:
> let _ =
>    Unix.mkfifo "pipe_test" 0o640;
>    print_endline "pipe created";
>    flush stdout;
>    let chin = open_in "pipe_test" in
>      print_endline "pipe opened";
>      flush stdout
> 
> Compile it using "ocamlc unix.cma bug.ml" (the bug occurs both in  
> bytecode and native code). When a.out is run, one sees:
> pipe created
> and the program keeps running. If one then does a
> echo foo >> pipe_test
> then the "pipe opened" line is shown, and the program terminates.
> 
> Is this behaviour normal?
> 

Hello Allan,
this corresponds to what the manual page of fifo says (at least under
linux)
  The FIFO must be opened on both ends (reading and writing) before data
  can  be  passed. Normally, opening the FIFO blocks until the other end
  is opened also.

If you don't want that behavior, you'll have to open pipe_test in
non-blocking mode (e.g. with open_in_gen and the Open_nonblock flag)

By the way, what is the purpose of the Open_rdonly and Open_wronly
flags, given that the open_in* and open_out* functions return values of
different types?
-- 
E tutto per oggi, a la prossima volta
Virgile