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Mnk

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Registered: 2014-04-13

Posts: 10

[SOLVED] mkfifo: cannot create fifo '': No such file or directory

Hi, I'm trying to get Bar working on bspwm but I'm getting an error whenever I try to load it.

mkfifo: cannot create fifo ‘’: No such file or directory

At first I fiddled with it a bit and it didn't work. I figured I was making some syntax errors or whatever but the example code gives me the same errors.

I've tried to read up on mkfifo but I'm a bit lost now. I hope someone can push me in the right direction. :)

Last edited by Mnk (2014-08-29 16:24:37)

2ManyDogs

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Registered: 2012-01-15

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Re: [SOLVED] mkfifo: cannot create fifo '': No such file or directory

I'm guessing you are running the panel script without the PANEL_FIFO environment variable set, so the script is trying to open an empty file name.

Use the profile script to set the PANEL_FIFO variable, or set it explicitly in the panel script.

If this is not the problem, please provide more information about exactly what you are doing.

Mnk

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Registered: 2014-04-13

Posts: 10

Re: [SOLVED] mkfifo: cannot create fifo '': No such file or directory

That does it! Thanks a lot. :)

Last edited by Mnk (2014-08-29 16:24:17)