S sellyoak Guest Jul 17, 2012 #1 Hi Forum What is a broken pipe and how do you mend it Cheers Sellyoak
OP K Kerms Guest Jul 18, 2012 #2 These explain what a pipe is: http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/iodirection.html http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2156 'Broken' pipes are pipes that had a failed connection; something broke the communication. Fixing them, however varies on what you're doing. Since you didn't really give any specifics, I'd say try restarting the program.
These explain what a pipe is: http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/iodirection.html http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2156 'Broken' pipes are pipes that had a failed connection; something broke the communication. Fixing them, however varies on what you're doing. Since you didn't really give any specifics, I'd say try restarting the program.