Re: [Gnuplot-info] Plotting fifo

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Qiang Jiqing wrote:

>    I'm writing a program which solves a system of m differential 
> equations in C(m is variable). In each step, I should draw m curses in 
> the same graphic. To realise the real-time update of the graphic, I 
> thought of use the FIFOs and plot the fifos in each step. 

I don't think likely to be very useful.  Either orinary data files, or 
inline data (--> help datafile special) would be better for this, 
depending on exact circumnstances.

> The program hangs when it try to write in the second fifo. 

It's quite impossible to understand what this means without seeing 
source of "the program".

 > I guess the
> problem is that gnuplot take just the first line in a time, 

First line of what?

 > it reads
> only the first fifo until the program finishes, 

Not quite.  It will read until the FIFO is at EOF, though, which in your 
setup may never happen.