RealPlayer (was: Re: [Gllug] BBCi)

[Dylan]

On Saturday 22 March 2003 09:41, Doug Winter wrote:
> 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.
<SNIP>
>
> 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.

I found no pipes, but a whole swath of sockets in /tmp/<somewhere> which 
explains why a reboot clears it up - tempfs simply loses the files! Next time 
I'll be able to delete them myself.

Ah, the joy of learning...

Dylan

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