way to read from a named pipe / fifo in Linux?
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anyhow, zexy also has [freadln] and [fwriteln] which should work ok.
Both make Pd freeze when trying to [open( a fifo. Steps to reproduce:
In terminal: mkfifo /tmp/testfifo
In Pd:
[open /tmp/testfifo cr( //comment: same without "cr" | [freadln]
result:
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