Timeline for Have a 'file' generate its content on demand? [duplicate]
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| Apr 3, 2016 at 6:01 | comment | added | Golar Ramblar |
Yes, unix.stackexchange.com/questions/66990/… answers this question for me (scriptfs, or maybe fuseflt can also do the job).
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| Apr 2, 2016 at 20:20 | history | closed | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' files Users with the files badge or a synonym can single-handedly close files questions as duplicates and reopen them as needed. | Duplicate of Create a virtual file that is actually a command | |
| Apr 2, 2016 at 16:09 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackUnix/status/716296482199101441 | ||
| Apr 2, 2016 at 13:53 | history | edited | Golar Ramblar | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Clarify why I want this.
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| Apr 2, 2016 at 13:51 | comment | added | Golar Ramblar | @ohno: but I want to be able to specify an arpitrary command/ script to generate the content. | |
| Apr 2, 2016 at 13:50 | comment | added | Golar Ramblar | @Henrik: I want to start it on demand. | |
| S Apr 2, 2016 at 12:56 | history | suggested | Roman Cheplyaka | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Fix spelling
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| Apr 2, 2016 at 10:59 | answer | added | meuh | timeline score: 12 | |
| Apr 2, 2016 at 10:45 | comment | added | ohno | Do you mean something like /dev/random or /dev/zero? | |
| Apr 2, 2016 at 10:40 | comment | added | Henrik supports the community | A named pipe is the way to go. If you don't want to start the writing process by hand, turn it into a daemon and start it at boot. | |
| Apr 2, 2016 at 10:27 | history | asked | Golar Ramblar | CC BY-SA 3.0 |