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Re: Message files in Posix and Samba
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Mark Bixby <[log in to unmask]>
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Mark Bixby <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 18 Jun 2001 08:28:48 -0700
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Burgess Peter wrote:
> I have a message file question , can these exist in the posix world, I have
> created one but when I try to access it or use it within the posix shell it
> does not work. I have been thinking about using a message file from the
> samba system , this would be an ideal way of moving data from another system
> into the hp. Is there any plans for this to work in the future or any other
> file types I could use in a similar way.

MPE message files cannot be accessed from the POSIX API and thus POSIX apps
such as Samba.

However, POSIX does support a special filetype called fifos or named pipes,
which is the same idea as MPE message files.

The mkfifo command is used to create a named pipe; see "man mkfifo" for
details.

I have no idea what Samba will think about named pipes.
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