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Re: named pipes

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From: Zenon Fortuna
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 23:11
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In article <BxtopF.EMM.2@cs.cmu.edu> ddj+@cs.cmu.edu (Doug DeJulio) writes:
>
>I just wanted to let people know, I've tried using named pipes under
>3.0 and they work!  Yet another reason to upgrade from 2.X.  So, if
>memory serves, here's the status of named pipes under the NeXT version
>of Mach:
>
>1.0 and earlier -- it works
>2.0, 2.1, 2.2 -- causes system panic if you try to use them
>3.0 -- it works
>
>-- 
>Doug DeJulio
>ddj+@cmu.edu

Seems that you are very right. One cannot use the "/etc/mknod" to create the
FIFO, but the "mknod(2)" works (e.g. mknod(fileName,010644,0)).
Bad that the documentation does not say a word about this fix.

	-Z.
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