From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marko Rauhamaa Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Guile: passing a file descriptor Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 10:47:15 +0300 Message-ID: <877g073v5o.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1413013690 18992 80.91.229.3 (11 Oct 2014 07:48:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 07:48:10 +0000 (UTC) To: guile-user@gnu.org Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 11 09:48:04 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-user@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XcrPI-00005S-7X for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Oct 2014 09:48:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53277 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XcrPH-0004DN-Lr for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Oct 2014 03:48:03 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39339) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XcrP3-0004D7-3J for guile-user@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Oct 2014 03:47:55 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XcrOv-0003Ob-Cv for guile-user@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Oct 2014 03:47:49 -0400 Original-Received: from pacujo.net ([83.150.83.132]:43207) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XcrOv-0003MW-6e for guile-user@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Oct 2014 03:47:41 -0400 Original-Received: from elektro.pacujo.net (192.168.1.200) by elektro.pacujo.net; Sat, 11 Oct 2014 10:47:15 +0300 Original-Received: by elektro.pacujo.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 11 Oct 2014 10:47:15 +0300 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 83.150.83.132 X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:11573 Archived-At: A PF_UNIX socket can be used to pass an open file descriptor between processes. However, the relevant control message seems to be missing in Guile's POSIX facilities (send only accepts a data message). Am I mistaken, and are there any plans to add control message support to Guile's library? Marko