Module: File::FileExtensions::ClassMethods

Defined in:
lib/ruckus/extensions/file.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#mkfifo(name, mode = "666", open_mode = "r") ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/ruckus/extensions/file.rb', line 4

def mkfifo(name, mode="666", open_mode="r")
    # XXX not used
    if File.exists? name and File.pipe? name # Leftover from before
        File.delete name
    end

    # apalling, but ruby/dl has x-p problems
    if ! File.exists? name
        `mkfifo -m #{ mode } #{ name }`
    end

    return File.open(name, open_mode)
end