Is fopen("fifo","a") legal?

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From: Thomas Koenig
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 21:30

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Submitted-by: ig25@fg20.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Thomas Koenig)

Is it legal in a POSIX - conforming system to open a fifo for append? 

In other words, would I have to stat() every file I wish to append to
and see wether it is a fifo or not?

-- 
Thomas Koenig, ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de, ig25@dkauni2.bitnet
The joy of engineering is to find a straight line on a double logarithmic
diagram.


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