Re: bidirectional named pipe?

[Jamie Lokier]

Alan Cox wrote:
> > /dev/spx".  I experiemented with socket-based pipes under Linux, but I
> > couldn't gain access to them by open()ing the name.  Is there help?  I
> 
> AF_UNIX sockets are bidirectional but like all sockets use bind() and
> connect().

And that's because sockets don't behave like bidirectional fifos.
Each connection to a socket is a distinct stream.

-- Jamie