From 82fd577d48c33b992b279f008091a1c9472e3cb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bernhard B <schluchti@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2021 17:57:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] remove any existing named pipe before creating a new one

---
 src/scripts/jsonrpc2-helper.go | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/scripts/jsonrpc2-helper.go b/src/scripts/jsonrpc2-helper.go
index 1491072..242ab49 100644
--- a/src/scripts/jsonrpc2-helper.go
+++ b/src/scripts/jsonrpc2-helper.go
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ func main() {
 				tcpPort := tcpBasePort + ctr
 				jsonRpc2ClientConfig.AddEntry(number, utils.ConfigEntry{TcpPort: tcpPort, FifoPathname: fifoPathname})
 				ctr += 1
+
+				os.Remove(fifoPathname) //remove any existing named pipe
+
 				_, err = exec.Command("mkfifo", fifoPathname).Output()
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Fatal("Couldn't create fifo with name ", fifoPathname, ": ", err.Error())