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Read from a stream: works with a FIFO.
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var fs = require('fs') | |
var s = fs.createReadStream('x') | |
s.on('data', function(b) { console.log(b) }) |
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mkfifo x | |
node reader.js & | |
echo "Hello!" > x |
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Nope. Just a question on #node.js -- "how do I read from a FIFO in node?" -- answered in code. I personally find fifos entirely antiquated and it's usually better to use a socket.