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A named pipe works much like a regular pipe, but does have some noticeable
differences.
- Named pipes exist as a device special file in the file system.
- Processes of different ancestry can share data through a named pipe.
- When all I/O is done by sharing processes, the named pipe remains in
the file system for later use.
Converted on:
Fri Mar 29 14:43:04 EST 1996