On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 11:07:51AM -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Wally Winchester wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm having a problem with my pipe, please can anyone have a look and see > > what's wrong with it? > > > > $ mkfifo testpipe > > $ logger -u testpipe message > > connect: Connection refused. > > > > Same when run as root. > The problem is that a named pipe is a file, and not a socket. You > are using the wrong tool for the job. If you tell us what you are > trying to do, maybe we can come up with a way to do it. Indeed. Why not just use? logger -f testpipe message -- Norman Gaywood, Systems Administrator School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia norm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: +61 (0)2 6773 2412 http://turing.une.edu.au/~norm Fax: +61 (0)2 6773 3312 Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
