[UPHPU] Re: Using named pipe for MySQL error log

[Richard K Miller]

> Imagine mysql trying to write to it's log file, and it is told to wait
> by the OS indefinitely.  MySQL could fill up buffers, hang, or do  
> other
> bad things.
>
> Now on a dev machine this isn't necessarily a big deal.  Just remember
> to leave your tail process running.

That makes sense. Is there a way to do a "non blocking" pipe so that I  
can watch it whenever I care to, but otherwise the log data is  
discarded?