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@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Yes, Webkit takes care of all of that. Not that we like all of these, but you c They both have advantages and disadvantages: * fifo's are _very_ easy to work with. You can write just plaintext commands into them, but they are unidirectional (you can only communicate in one direction) - * Sockets are bidirectional but more complex. You cannot just write a plaintext string into them. In shellscripts you can use uzblctrl or netcat to work with sockets, when programming you need to use library functions. + * Sockets are bidirectional but more complex. You cannot just write a plaintext string into them. In shellscripts you can use socat to work with sockets, when programming you need to use library functions. So, when writing scripts, using fifo's is usually the fastest method (because you do not need to fork another process), so fifo is preferred unless you need a response. |