bulk_extractor hangs on FIFO pipes about bulk_extractor HOT 1 CLOSED

Thanks. I've added it
On Dec 16, 2013, at 9:01 PM, Adam Engle [email protected] wrote:

When providing bulk_extractor (v 1.4.2) with a directory to processes (either a single directory or recursively), bulk_extractor seems to hang indefinitely when it encounters a FIFO pipe (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Named_pipe).

I've added a patch to correct this behaviour here: https://gist.github.com/ajengle/7998683

In this patch, we simply check the files as you stat them to determine if they are a FIFO pipe. If they are, we skip.

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