Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752139AbXAZUug (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:50:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752145AbXAZUug (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:50:36 -0500 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([192.83.249.54]:38949 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752141AbXAZUuf (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:50:35 -0500 Message-ID: <45BA6994.7060301@zytor.com> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:50:28 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070102) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Khai Doan CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: How to create a fixed length character/block device/file ? References: <45BA6018.5040406@genius.com> In-Reply-To: <45BA6018.5040406@genius.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 338 Lines: 10 Come to think of it, you can just use "tail" as the application that reads the FIFO. -hpa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/