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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!metro!ultima!kralizec.zeta.org.au!not-for-mail From: bde@kralizec.zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Named Pipes in NetBSD 0.9 Date: 7 Feb 1994 16:32:51 +1100 Organization: Kralizec Dialup Unix Sydney: +61-2-837-1183 V.32bis Lines: 12 Message-ID: <2j4jq3$gmp@kralizec.zeta.org.au> References: <David.Chappell.1.000C0E76@Mail.Trincoll.Edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: kralizec.zeta.org.au Keywords: named pipes FIFO In <David.Chappell.1.000C0E76@Mail.Trincoll.Edu> David.Chappell@Mail.Trincoll.Edu (David Chappell) writes: >I have compiled the NetBSD kernal with "option FIFO" in the config file, but >mknod() return errno=1. Do named pipes work? Named pipes must be created using mkfifo(). Under 386BSD-0.1 and its derivatives, mknod() can only be used to create block special files, char special files, and pre-bad-sector files. Other types of files must be created using the appropriate syscall for the type. This has the advantage that you don't have to be root to create them. -- Bruce Evans bde@kralizec.zeta.org.au