The blocking/signalling is missing? What's wrong with $ ./producer > my_rambacked_file & $ tail -f my_rambacked_file > ./consumer Well, okay, I guess this wa

The blocking/signalling is missing? What's wrong with $ ./producer > my_rambacked_file & $ tail -f my_rambacked_file > ./consumer Well, okay, I guess this way you don't get a signal that the producer is finished.