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Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:30:22 +0800
From: Han Pingtian <hanpt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: SIGPIPE echoing to fifo exits zsh
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On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 06:53:41PM -0800, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> In short, when using FIFOs, synchronizing the amount of data written/read
> by each side is the programmer's job; commands like "head" are not meant
> to work that way.

Thanks so much, Bart.