RealPlayer (was: Re: [Gllug] BBCi)

[Doug Winter]

On Fri 21 Mar Dylan wrote:
> > I don't think it uses them, but another possibility is unix domain
> > sockets left lying around (also known as named pipes).
> 
> How or where would I go about finding them?

$ find [directory] -type p

will find all named pipes under the current directory.  Generally
programs placed their pipes in various predictable places though.  

For example:

[doug at brie doug]$ sudo find /var/run -type p
/var/run/screen/S-doug/19905.foo
/var/run/vold.pipe
[doug at brie doug]$ ls -l /var/run/screen/S-doug/19905.foo /var/run/vold.pipe
prw-------    1 doug     users           0 2003-03-22 09:39 /var/run/screen/S-doug/19905.foo
prw-r--r--    1 root     root            0 2003-03-20 18:44 /var/run/vold.pipe

Some programs, rather dodgily, put them under /tmp.  Programs run by a
real-life non-root user should probably put them under /var/run or
$HOME/.whatever.

doug.

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