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mkfifo mknod is not working

779216Sep 12 2010 — edited Sep 14 2010
hi

i am trying to use mkfifo but missing something basically its just hanging ls testfile? >> mogambo
can any one help??
[root@rac-1 code]# mkfifo mogambo
[root@rac-1 code]# ls -l mogambo
prw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep 12 21:16 mogambo
[root@rac-1 code]#  ls testfile? >> mogambo
     
[root@rac-1 code]# 
[root@rac-1 code]# mkfifo --mode=777 mogambo2
[root@rac-1 code]#  ls testfile? >> mogambo2
another added question is:how to use tar(untar) command with this?
why mknod is not available for other user?
rgrds
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