Re: Problems with my pipe

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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 

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