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Old 12-04-2003, 02:54 AM   #1
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semaphores


i need complete advantages of using semaphores.
 
Old 12-04-2003, 06:05 AM   #2
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Welcome to LQ, Charles.

Well, in my opinion, semaphores are possibly the easiest way to communicate over reasonably large distances without the use of any specific communications technologies:

http://www.anbg.gov.au/flags/semaphore.html

Or perhaps the following page will be of more help:

http://www.linuxguruz.com/foldoc/foldoc.php?semaphore
 
Old 12-06-2003, 12:15 AM   #3
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file transfer between the users

I would like to know about the transfer of files between two users within a single server by using pipes. How can I create the pipe?.
 
  


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