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From: boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts)
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Subject: Re: How do I tell if STDIN is a PIPE?
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Date: 28 May 91 09:27:16 GMT
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In article <1991May27.022727.9860@leland.Stanford.EDU>, dkeisen@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dave Eisen) writes:
> ... If
> you seek and it fails and errno is ESPIPE, you know that stdin is 
> a pipe.
> 

Do me a favour, man stat(2).


Boyd Roberts			boyd@prl.dec.com

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