Named pipes
A named pipe can be created with mkfifo, which creates a special file where one side can write to it and the other side can read from it without the use of an intermediate temporary file. This can reduce memory pressure.
May 12, 20231 min read
A named pipe can be created with mkfifo, which creates a special file where one side can write to it and the other side can read from it without the use of an intermediate temporary file. This can reduce memory pressure.