From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12027 invoked from network); 23 Dec 2004 04:14:14 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 23 Dec 2004 04:14:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 87724 invoked from network); 23 Dec 2004 04:14:08 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 23 Dec 2004 04:14:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 10352 invoked by alias); 23 Dec 2004 04:13:58 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 8311 Received: (qmail 10338 invoked from network); 23 Dec 2004 04:13:57 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 23 Dec 2004 04:13:57 -0000 Received: (qmail 86651 invoked from network); 23 Dec 2004 04:13:57 -0000 Received: from acolyte.scowler.net (216.254.112.45) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 23 Dec 2004 04:13:55 -0000 Received: by acolyte.scowler.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E0D697004D; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 23:13:53 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 23:13:53 -0500 From: Clint Adams To: kynn@panix.com Cc: zsh-users@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: IPC (or how to "bounce" a running zsh?) Message-ID: <20041223041353.GA25633@scowler.net> References: <200412230359.iBN3xoB06479@panix3.panix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200412230359.iBN3xoB06479@panix3.panix.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=6.0 tests=BAYES_44 autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Hits: -0.0 > Is there any mechanism for interprocess communication in which at > least one of the processes is a running zsh? On most systems, you could use named pipes. See mkfifo(1). With the corresponding zsh modules, you can use either TCP (zsh/net/tcp) or Unix domain sockets (zsh/net/socket). See zshmodules(1). Modules for SYSV IPC or POSIX IPC have not yet been written.