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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Are We Back to the "Wars" Now ?
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 21:56:46 -0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:12:18 -0500, Phillip Frabott wrote:

> On 11/21/2024 02:22, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Thu, 21 Nov 2024 02:05:46 -0500, Phillip Frabott wrote:
>> 
>>> On 11/19/2024 19:23, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 18 Nov 2024 09:45:07 -0500, Phillip Frabott wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I think the point that is being made by calling pipes a "temp files"
>>>>> is that they are not persistent.
>>>>
>>>> Named pipes can indeed be persistent.
>>>
>>> Sure, but then your just creating a file with all the limitations that
>>> come from that.
>> 
>> Not at all. It still has the same synchronization behaviour.
>> 
>>> IPC only benefits you when you use unnamed or traditional pipes
>>> (performance and resources).
>> 
>> Certainly not.
> 
> I guess it just depends on what you are doing.

No it doesn’t. Named or not, pipes are pipes.

> And in perspective, most pipes are generally used for small amounts of
> data ...

I have used them to transfer quite large amounts, quickly and reliably.