Xref: utzoo unix-pc.bugs:40 comp.sys.att:4359 Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!ukma!cwjcc!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!uwmcsd1!nic.MR.NET!shamash!nis!com50!jhereg!mark 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 Message-ID: <180@jhereg.Jhereg.MN.ORG> Date: 26 Sep 88 22:58:07 GMT References: <507@icus.islp.ny.us> Reply-To: mark@jhereg.MN.ORG (Mark H. Colburn) Organization: NAPS International, St. Paul, MN Lines: 8 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...)