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Subject:    [sylpheed:16949] Re: dynamic sigs
From:       "James K. Lowden" <jklowden () schemamania ! org>
Date:       2002-10-30 2:34:27
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On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 10:59:39 -0500, Bob Forsman <thoth@purplefrog.com>
wrote:
> In 20021028204536.29f1ae53.jklowden@schemamania.org, "James K. Lowden"
> <jklowden@schemamania.org> wrote:
> 
> > $ for i in a b c d e; do /usr/games/fortune; done >f& head f
> 
>   Hah Hah.  Your kung fu is no good.  Step aside and let a
> self-aggrandizing pompous fool show you how it's done:
> 
> for i in 0{,,,,,}; do /usr/games/fortune > /tmp/fifo; done& wc
> /tmp/fifo; wc /tmp/fifo
> 
>   When you did the redirection on the OUTSIDE of the loop that meant the
> descriptor was opened ONCE, and all the fortune processes shared it
> before it was closed.  Since I put the redirection inside the loop, on
> the individual fortune command, the FIFO got closed each time the loop
> ran.

hehe.  Thank you.  I'll learn from a pompous fool any day.  

So this issue is completely solved, no?  The three musketeers -- fifo,
fortune, and bourne -- win the day?  

>   You now owe the Oracle a perky beautician.

Honey, I am a perky beautician.  Now what?  

--jkl
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