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Rather than just being snarky why not correctly correct the post by mentioning named pipes?
by jasonwatkinspdx 16y ago
Rather than just being snarky why not correctly correct the post by mentioning named pipes?
- burgerbrain 16y agoNamed or anonymous, pipes are still just types of files. "Everything is a file" isn't snark, it's a saying almost as old as unix itself.
- jasonwatkinspdx 16y agoI'm well familiar with the expression. However it's not helpful to someone who isn't already familiar. It's another form of "you're doing it wrong" without explanation.
- burgerbrain 16y agoIt's an intellectual teaser. You read it and think to yourself, "well this can't possibly be true, let me look into this further". Then you learn.
- cema 16y agoDo you expect people to "look into it further" with everything they think cannot be true? I would not.
- burgerbrain 16y agoIf they have any interest in the topic in the first place? Of course. I certainly did, so many years ago...
- rbanffy 16y agoIt also serves to separate the curious from the non-curious. Getting everything wrong is a fact of life and can happen to anyone.
- brndnhy 16y agoI think the commenter is simply clarifying that the file has been a universal way to represent almost every resource in Unix since its inception.