How to know write end of FIFO has closed

sandeep_onsite_at_yahoo.com
Date: 01/20/05

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    Date: 20 Jan 2005 03:27:42 -0800

    Hi,

    How to check write end of a FIFO has been closed?
    My problem:

    My Linux syslog daemon(syslogd) is sending the syslog messages to a
    FIFO. my application daemon program keeps reading from FIFO using
    blocking read() call.
    When syslogd terminates, read() call always returns 0 bytes, indicating
    EOF. But how do I confirm 0 bytes read was due to syslogd closing the
    write end of the FIFO. Is there any way to check that write end is
    closed.

    Appreciate any help.

    Thanks in advance,
    Sandeep

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