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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2016-03-11 07:55:20 +0100 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2016-03-11 07:58:17 +0100 |
| commit | 98faa645eaa241ce726d1bc4556b440a448f6610 (patch) | |
| tree | 387278655512478950e46fd6d32ef0539bda98a1 | |
| parent | 7255c7c0dfbbacdbca03a53f1cd4563e781627af (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-98faa645eaa241ce726d1bc4556b440a448f6610.tar.gz | |
pipe.7: Clarify that I/O signalling requires use of both F_SETOWN and O_ASYNC
Reported-by: Jason Vas Dias <jason.vas.dias@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | man7/pipe.7 | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man7/pipe.7 b/man7/pipe.7 index 0dfc798039..f90666da16 100644 --- a/man7/pipe.7 +++ b/man7/pipe.7 @@ -227,10 +227,11 @@ Setting the .B O_ASYNC flag for the read end of a pipe causes a signal .RB ( SIGIO -by default) to be generated when new input becomes available on the pipe -(see +by default) to be generated when new input becomes available on the pipe. +The target for delivery of signals must be set using the .BR fcntl (2) -for details). +.B F_SETOWN +command. On Linux, .B O_ASYNC is supported for pipes and FIFOs only since kernel 2.6. |