Coalescing pipe allocation

[Dag-ErlingSmørgrav]

Peter Edwards <peter.edwards at openet-telecom.com> writes:
> Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> > Peter Edwards <peter.edwards at openet-telecom.com> writes:
> > > How would one "shut down" one direction of the pipe and still maintain
> > > the other? I don't know how I can signal my intention not to read or
> > > write to the end I leave open...
> > man 2 shutdown
> Shutdown requires a socket, and won't play with pipes:

hmm, you're right.  I was convinces that it was possible to shut down
one half of a pipe...

DES
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