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The question is: "what would do A when B closes its side of the pipe?"

enzotib
– enzotib

2012-01-25 14:22:17 +00:00
Commented Jan 25, 2012 at 14:22
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Wouldn't that be a 'broken pipe'?

Patkos Csaba
– Patkos Csaba

2012-01-25 14:29:42 +00:00
Commented Jan 25, 2012 at 14:29
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If a program tries to read/write from/to a closed pipe (e.g. head exits), a SIGPIPE signal occurs in the program and the default behavior is to exit.

Lekensteyn
– Lekensteyn

2012-01-25 14:35:21 +00:00
Commented Jan 25, 2012 at 14:35
How exactly does this answer the question? It seems psusi's answer is shorter and more to the point.

jw013
– jw013

2012-01-25 20:00:19 +00:00
Commented Jan 25, 2012 at 20:00

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