Bug 81750 - rdist fails to replicate named pipe files
Summary: rdist fails to replicate named pipe files
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: rdist
Version: 7.3
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Phil Knirsch
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Reported: 2003-01-13 18:33 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2015-03-05 01:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2003-10-21 13:08:40 UTC

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Description Need Real Name 2003-01-13 18:33:15 UTC 
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Description of problem:
Rdist fails to replicate named pipe files. 

It prints an error message 'unkown file type'.



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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Use rdist to try to replicate a named pipe (created by 'mknod <name> p')
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Actual Results:  An error message is printed

Expected Results:  Named pipe should be replicated.

Additional info:
Comment 1 Phil Knirsch 2003-10-21 13:08:40 UTC 
As the error message clearly prints, rdist is not capable of replicating named
pipes as it can't cope with those files.

Read ya, Phil
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