On 10.01.2018 19:06, Samo PogaÄ?nik wrote: > Dne 10.01.2018 (sre) ob 08:36 +0100 je Georg Chini napisal(a): >> On 09.01.2018 22:24, Samo PogaÄ?nik wrote: >>> Allow usage of an already existing fifo (named pipe) upon module >>> load. Also, the fifo is not going to be removed upon module unload, >>> if "use_existing_fifo" option has been enabled. >> I wonder if we really need a new option for this. Can't you just >> check >> if the file exists and use it if it is present? You could set a >> do_not_unlink >> flag if it exists to avoid removing an already existing file on exit. > I'd be glad to make this change without additional option. My concern > was that there might be some existing use case, where an exclusive fifo > creation would have been required by the sink in some benificial way > (like starting with an empty fifo, however this is not guarantied > anyway). > I think it's OK without option.
