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From: mark@jhereg.Jhereg.MN.ORG (Mark H. Colburn)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.bugs,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Named pipes on the UNIX PC, is there a problem with ls(1)?
Keywords: pipes, mknod, FIFO's
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Date: 26 Sep 88 22:58:07 GMT
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The file(1) command will also tell you whether a file is a named pipe.
For example:

	$ file /usr/spool/lp/FIFO
	/usr/spool/lp/FIFO:	fifo

I find it easier than using another program. (sorry, Lenny...)