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From: subbarao@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kartik Subbarao)
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Subject: Re: How do I tell if STDIN is a PIPE?
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Date: 28 May 91 23:56:58 GMT
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In article <1991May28.172456.1585@holos0.uucp> lbr@holos0.uucp (Len Reed) writes:
>In article <1991May26.172328.713@arizona.edu> jjr@ace.ece.arizona.edu (Jeffrey J. Rodriguez) writes:
>>How do I tell whether stdin is coming from a pipe?
>
>Use isapipe(0).

On which wonderful OS is this system call supported?


		-Kartik


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