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pranomostro
Long time nixers
Dear Unix diary,
today (it was actually 3 days ago) I solved a problem by not solving it.
In my current project, the program needs to create a directory in /tmp, enter it,
create two fifos in it, and then start an ed process listening on one of the fifos.
In this process, some stuff can go wrong, but writing code that correctly reverts
these operations is quite ugly in C.

So I made a compromise-if everything works, the program is shut down correctly.
If something fails, it is the users fault, and the program exits without cleaning
everything up.

This way, I keep the code clean and tight and at the same time it behaves correctly
when everything goes right.


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UNIX Diary - by z3bra - 18-08-2014, 11:03 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by venam - 18-08-2014, 11:37 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by cjm - 18-08-2014, 12:01 PM
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RE: UNIX Diary - by z3bra - 19-08-2014, 01:18 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by pizzaroll1 - 19-08-2014, 02:15 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by vompatti - 19-08-2014, 04:20 PM
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RE: UNIX Diary - by z3bra - 23-08-2014, 07:27 AM
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RE: UNIX Diary - by pizzaroll1 - 25-08-2014, 12:37 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by z3bra - 26-08-2014, 03:38 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by cjm - 27-08-2014, 12:48 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by xero - 28-08-2014, 11:11 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by venam - 30-08-2014, 01:47 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by kirby - 30-08-2014, 09:56 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by venam - 30-08-2014, 11:22 AM
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RE: UNIX Diary - by venam - 10-09-2014, 11:51 AM
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RE: UNIX Diary - by z3bra - 12-09-2014, 08:08 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by xero - 17-09-2014, 10:51 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by pizzaroll1 - 17-09-2014, 01:07 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by hades - 17-09-2014, 07:47 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by venam - 18-09-2014, 12:37 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by xero - 18-09-2014, 10:51 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by venam - 18-09-2014, 12:18 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by earsplit - 19-09-2014, 02:23 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by vompatti - 20-09-2014, 11:52 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by pizzaroll1 - 20-09-2014, 08:00 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by srp - 21-09-2014, 02:09 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by kirby - 21-09-2014, 03:25 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by venam - 30-09-2014, 01:00 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by xero - 08-10-2014, 10:31 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by cjm - 09-10-2014, 04:14 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by kirby - 09-10-2014, 08:15 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by JerrySpringerIsMyDad - 24-10-2014, 10:03 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by xero - 28-10-2014, 10:38 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by venam - 28-10-2014, 01:18 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by neeasade - 09-01-2015, 10:44 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by z3bra - 09-01-2015, 02:04 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by z3bra - 19-02-2015, 07:05 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by venam - 19-02-2015, 04:55 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by xero - 20-02-2015, 11:49 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by z3bra - 28-04-2015, 04:13 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by bsdkeith - 29-04-2015, 05:01 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by z3bra - 29-04-2015, 10:29 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by xero - 29-04-2015, 03:09 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by greduan - 02-05-2015, 09:58 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by cjm - 07-05-2015, 11:14 AM
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RE: UNIX Diary - by z3bra - 25-07-2015, 08:44 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by Houseoftea - 25-07-2015, 11:32 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by movq - 26-07-2015, 03:52 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by z3bra - 27-07-2015, 02:02 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by z3bra - 24-08-2015, 07:07 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by xero - 25-08-2015, 10:38 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by rocx - 30-08-2015, 11:40 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by z3bra - 31-08-2015, 04:40 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by venam - 31-08-2015, 07:30 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by pranomostro - 03-09-2015, 05:34 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by kirby - 03-09-2015, 06:57 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by xero - 10-09-2015, 11:30 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by venam - 14-09-2015, 03:45 AM
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RE: UNIX Diary - by kirby - 12-10-2015, 03:04 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by pranomostro - 13-10-2015, 08:37 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by venam - 13-10-2015, 09:38 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by xero - 13-10-2015, 10:55 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by pranomostro - 13-10-2015, 11:18 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by venam - 15-10-2015, 01:34 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by darthlukan - 15-10-2015, 04:44 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by pranomostro - 15-10-2015, 06:05 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by xero - 15-10-2015, 06:58 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by darthlukan - 16-10-2015, 02:29 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by pranomostro - 16-10-2015, 10:09 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by darthlukan - 19-10-2015, 02:10 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by venam - 20-10-2015, 02:05 AM
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RE: UNIX Diary - by z3bra - 20-10-2015, 12:18 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by darthlukan - 21-10-2015, 02:31 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by z3bra - 30-11-2015, 07:08 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by apk - 30-11-2015, 08:49 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by z3bra - 01-12-2015, 08:24 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by apk - 01-12-2015, 11:43 AM
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RE: UNIX Diary - by venam - 03-12-2015, 02:20 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by pranomostro - 03-12-2015, 11:32 AM
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RE: UNIX Diary - by venam - 11-12-2015, 07:30 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by xero - 11-12-2015, 03:04 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by pranomostro - 13-12-2015, 08:31 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by venam - 13-12-2015, 03:22 PM
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RE: UNIX Diary - by rocx - 13-12-2015, 04:37 PM
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RE: UNIX Diary - by venam - 14-12-2015, 01:37 AM
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RE: UNIX Diary - by venam - 14-12-2015, 12:56 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by pranomostro - 14-12-2015, 01:24 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by movq - 19-12-2015, 03:26 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by venam - 20-12-2015, 05:02 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by movq - 20-12-2015, 08:13 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by pranomostro - 20-12-2015, 10:21 AM
RE: UNIX Diary - by z3bra - 20-12-2015, 03:46 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by movq - 22-12-2015, 03:27 PM
RE: UNIX Diary - by XcelQ - 24-01-2016, 01:32 PM
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