On 0, Vineet Kumar <debian-user@virtual.doorstop.net> wrote: > * Scott Henson (shenson2@wvu.edu) [020428 20:03]: > > I need something that dynamically generates files on the file system. > > Much like cgi. I need it to just happen when a program accesses the > > file. It will only be reading said file not executing it. Anyone have > > any ideas on how to do this on a woody system with ext3 fs? Thanks > > Getting more specific would help. Probably what you want is a fifo, and > a process that continually writes to it. For example: > > mkfifo /tmp/datefifo > > while : > do > echo `date` >> /tmp/datefifo > done > > Then, see what happens when you cat /tmp/datefifo in another console. > (Try it a few times.) I don't quite understand what this is doing. What mechanism is used to implement the fifos? And why does this happen? # while true ; do echo `date` >> /tmp/datefifo ; done & # tail -f /tmp/datefifo Mon Apr 29 17:27:23 CST 2002 Mon Apr 29 17:27:26 CST 2002 Mon Apr 29 17:27:26 CST 2002 Mon Apr 29 17:27:26 CST 2002 Mon Apr 29 17:27:26 CST 2002 and that is all I get? And why does the gnome-terminal with the while loop in it crash after a few more seconds? Tom -- Tom Cook Information Technology Services, The University of Adelaide "That you're not paranoid does not mean they're not out to get you." - Robert Waldner Get my GPG public key: https://pinky.its.adelaide.edu.au/~tkcook/tom.cook-at-adelaide.edu.au
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