Re: [Gambas-user] A couple of questions about building web / cgi applications

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On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 00:45:03 +0100
Tobias Boege <ta...@gm...> wrote:


> On Fri, 13 Feb 2015, T Lee Davidson wrote:
> > Named pipes do indeed require a node on the file system.
> 
> While that's true, they only require a node on the *virtua* file system. No
> physical disk is touched ever:
> 
>   $ man 7 fifo
>   [...]
>   When processes are exchanging data via the FIFO, the kernel passes all
>   data internally without writing it to the filesystem.   Thus, the FIFO
>   special file  has  no contents on the filesystem; the filesystem entry
>   merely serves  as  a reference point  so that processes can access the
>   pipe using a name in the filesystem.
>   [...]
> 
> and luckily, Gambas has support for named pipes[0]. Or sockets[1]...
> 
> Regards,
> Tobi
> 

Indeed!

One thing for linux "L"-platers to understand is that "everything is a file" ! :-)
Hence that is why Stream is the basis for "everything" in Gambas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_is_a_file
or from Google: https://www.google.com.au/search?q=linux+%22everything+is+a+file%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=9KXeVJKoC-W7mgW-7IKADQ

cheers
Bruce


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