> On Sep 23, 2020, at 11:41 PM, Vito Caputo <vcap...@pengaru.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 09:12:40AM -0400, Chet Ramey wrote: >> On 9/22/20 11:23 PM, Vito Caputo wrote: >>> Hello list, >>> >>> Is there any chance we could get a | modifier for enabling O_DIRECT on the >>> created pipe? "Packet" style pipes have some interesting and potentially >>> useful properties, it would be nice if bash made them more accessible. >> >> Is there a general need, especially since they're Linux-specific? >> > > I'm not sure, but as far as GNU/Linux distros go bash, is kind of the > canonical shell, and this functionality is kind of inaccessible > without the shell wiring it up.
What functionality? I (and I'm sure some others) am not familiar with packet-style pipes and their benefits. You haven't actually described *how* exposing them would be useful, and why that would justify introducing new syntax that only matters/works on Linux. vq
