How reliable are named pipes?
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From: Ian Collins on 8 Apr 2010 19:32 On 04/ 9/10 11:12 AM, Peter Olcott wrote: > "Ian Collins"<ian-news(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:82726lFp8jU7(a)mid.individual.net... >> On 04/ 9/10 04:58 AM, Peter Olcott wrote: >>> Are there any reliability issues or other caveats with >>> using >>> named pipes? >> >> In what context? > > One respondent in another group said that named pipes are > inherently very unreliable and I think that he switched to > some sort of sockets. In any case he did not choose named > pipes for his IPC because of significant reliability issues > that he encountered. Care to cite a reference? -- Ian Collins
From: Peter Olcott on 8 Apr 2010 19:51 "Ian Collins" <ian-news(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:8277c2Fp8jU14(a)mid.individual.net... > On 04/ 9/10 11:12 AM, Peter Olcott wrote: >> "Ian Collins"<ian-news(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:82726lFp8jU7(a)mid.individual.net... >>> On 04/ 9/10 04:58 AM, Peter Olcott wrote: >>>> Are there any reliability issues or other caveats with >>>> using >>>> named pipes? >>> >>> In what context? >> >> One respondent in another group said that named pipes are >> inherently very unreliable and I think that he switched >> to >> some sort of sockets. In any case he did not choose named >> pipes for his IPC because of significant reliability >> issues >> that he encountered. > > Care to cite a reference? > > -- > Ian Collins http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.vc.mfc/msg/e1b2fc1b0ff39589?hl=en
From: Baho Utot on 8 Apr 2010 20:24 Peter Olcott wrote: > > "Ian Collins" <ian-news(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:8277c2Fp8jU14(a)mid.individual.net... >> On 04/ 9/10 11:12 AM, Peter Olcott wrote: >>> "Ian Collins"<ian-news(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:82726lFp8jU7(a)mid.individual.net... >>>> On 04/ 9/10 04:58 AM, Peter Olcott wrote: >>>>> Are there any reliability issues or other caveats with >>>>> using >>>>> named pipes? >>>> >>>> In what context? >>> >>> One respondent in another group said that named pipes are >>> inherently very unreliable and I think that he switched >>> to >>> some sort of sockets. In any case he did not choose named >>> pipes for his IPC because of significant reliability >>> issues >>> that he encountered. >> >> Care to cite a reference? >> >> -- >> Ian Collins > > http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.vc.mfc/msg/e1b2fc1b0ff39589?hl=en I think he means Linux...not microsoft it's well known microsoft is borked.
From: Barry Margolin on 8 Apr 2010 22:08 In article <mf6dnZMWQMOP8SPWnZ2dnUVZ_vednZ2d(a)giganews.com>, "Peter Olcott" <NoSpam(a)OCR4Screen.com> wrote: > "Ian Collins" <ian-news(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:8277c2Fp8jU14(a)mid.individual.net... > > On 04/ 9/10 11:12 AM, Peter Olcott wrote: > >> "Ian Collins"<ian-news(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > >> news:82726lFp8jU7(a)mid.individual.net... > >>> On 04/ 9/10 04:58 AM, Peter Olcott wrote: > >>>> Are there any reliability issues or other caveats with > >>>> using > >>>> named pipes? > >>> > >>> In what context? > >> > >> One respondent in another group said that named pipes are > >> inherently very unreliable and I think that he switched > >> to > >> some sort of sockets. In any case he did not choose named > >> pipes for his IPC because of significant reliability > >> issues > >> that he encountered. > > > > Care to cite a reference? > > > > -- > > Ian Collins > > http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.vc.mfc/msg/e1b2fc1b0ff39589 > ?hl=en That message is almost incomprehensible. I can tell that he's saying there are reliability problems, but not what they actually are. -- Barry Margolin, barmar(a)alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***
From: Peter Olcott on 8 Apr 2010 22:11
"Barry Margolin" <barmar(a)alum.mit.edu> wrote in message news:barmar-EA6C6B.22084008042010(a)62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi... > In article > <mf6dnZMWQMOP8SPWnZ2dnUVZ_vednZ2d(a)giganews.com>, > "Peter Olcott" <NoSpam(a)OCR4Screen.com> wrote: > >> "Ian Collins" <ian-news(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:8277c2Fp8jU14(a)mid.individual.net... >> > On 04/ 9/10 11:12 AM, Peter Olcott wrote: >> >> "Ian Collins"<ian-news(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> >> news:82726lFp8jU7(a)mid.individual.net... >> >>> On 04/ 9/10 04:58 AM, Peter Olcott wrote: >> >>>> Are there any reliability issues or other caveats >> >>>> with >> >>>> using >> >>>> named pipes? >> >>> >> >>> In what context? >> >> >> >> One respondent in another group said that named pipes >> >> are >> >> inherently very unreliable and I think that he >> >> switched >> >> to >> >> some sort of sockets. In any case he did not choose >> >> named >> >> pipes for his IPC because of significant reliability >> >> issues >> >> that he encountered. >> > >> > Care to cite a reference? >> > >> > -- >> > Ian Collins >> >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.vc.mfc/msg/e1b2fc1b0ff39589 >> ?hl=en > > That message is almost incomprehensible. I can tell that > he's saying > there are reliability problems, but not what they actually > are. Yes, and I still could not get him to confirm that these problems are in Windows or Linux/Unix, he seems to have hinted the former. > > -- > Barry Margolin, barmar(a)alum.mit.edu > Arlington, MA > *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to > me *** > *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the > group *** |