Unix Named pipes from Java

Hello,
My problem is with a unix named pipe which I have to write to. To do it, I have to use a FileOutputStream. It works fine when some process is reading the named pipe. My problem is when there is no process reading the pipe, my Java app gets blocked in the open method of the FileOutputStream.
What we want is to open the FileOutputStream without blocking, although there is no process reading the pipe.Is it possible from Java? Is there anything similar to the unix NON_BLOCK?
Thank you in advance.
RCG@

Hi,
I think, in UNIX you would get the same problem, at least if you are writing then.
By NON_BLOCK you would not be blocked, but you would get an error each time you try to write. So in UNIX in most cases the blocking is quite adequate: you want to "listen", until someone "calls", and then continue.
I assume you want to open the pipe first to see if you can access it successfully.
For this, try the same trick like with C in UNIX:
Open that pipe first for reading. So there is a reading process: your JVM.
Does this help you?
Regards,
Hartmut

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