Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rlgvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!rlgvax!guy From: guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: FIFO's a.k.a. named pipes (Do they exist?) Message-ID: <533@rlgvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Mar-85 04:34:49 EST Article-I.D.: rlgvax.533 Posted: Fri Mar 1 04:34:49 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 06:51:45 EST References: <175@encore.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: CCI Office Systems Group, Reston, VA Lines: 8 > My sysV manual talks about opening a FIFO, but I can't seem to find how I > might create one. The "mknod" system call in S3/S5 is not privileged if you're creating an inode of type S_IFIFO; that's how you create a FIFO. Guy Harris {seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy