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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Can UNIX pipe connections be compiled?
Message-ID: <14912@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 20 Jan 91 09:17:27 GMT
References: <1991Jan18.193234.216@rucs.runet.edu> <1991Jan18.230530.9331@convex.com> <1991Jan19.072755.3291@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
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In article <1991Jan19.072755.3291@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> raja@cpswh.cps.msu.edu writes:
>However, wouldn't pipes be speeded up considerably
>on a Sun by mounting /tmp as a tmpfs filesystem

No, genuine pipes are NOT files in /tmp!