Is fopen("fifo","a") legal?

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2 total messages Started by Thomas Koenig Wed, 23 Dec 1992 21:30

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Author: Thomas Koenig
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 21:30

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Submitted-by: ig25@fg20.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Thomas Koenig)

Is it legal in a POSIX - conforming system to open a fifo for append? 

In other words, would I have to stat() every file I wish to append to
and see wether it is a fifo or not?

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Thomas Koenig, ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de, ig25@dkauni2.bitnet
The joy of engineering is to find a straight line on a double logarithmic
diagram.


Volume-Number: Volume 29, Number 84

Re: Is fopen("fifo","a") legal?

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Author: Chuck Karish
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 02:19

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Submitted-by: karish@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Chuck Karish)

In article <1halpvINN9fe@ftp.UU.NET> ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
(Thomas Koenig) writes:

>Is it legal in a POSIX - conforming system to open a fifo for append? 

I don't see why not.  Writes to a FIFO are always at
end-of-file, whether it's opened for "write" or for 
"append".

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Chuck Karish          karish@mindcraft.com
(415) 323-9000 x117   karish@pangea.stanford.edu

Volume-Number: Volume 29, Number 89

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