Use node-mkfifo

[piranna]

Use node-mkfifo module instead of Node.js child_process build-in.

[raksooo]

Are there any advantages? It seems to me like it provides the same functionality but with extra dependencies.

[piranna]

Are there any advantages?

Don't depend on external commands that although standard POSIX ones, potentially could not be available on the underlying system.

[raksooo]

I will still rely on external commands for reading and writing. I remember trying to read and write using Node's file system module but it didn't work as expected for fifo-files. Unless there are replacement for them too it's not worth it in my opinion.

[piranna]

node-mkfifo is for creation of the pipe. You can use the fs.createReadStream() and fs.createWriteStream() functions giving them the file descriptor of the already opened pipe file, that's the correct way to use them.

[raksooo]

Ok, I will look into this when I've got more time. Thank you!

[piranna]

You are welcome :-) El 17/07/2017 23:00, "Oskar Nyberg" <[email protected]> escribió: Ok, I will look into this when I've got more time. Thank you! — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAgfvlG2QzcBeJb9I953y_4dEFLvb6X-ks5sO8tXgaJpZM4JSIPc> .