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From: JPAYNE@BBNG.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: pipes
Message-ID: <14534@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 12-Dec-83 12:19:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 12 12:19:00 1983
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Concerning ANY REAL, i.e. bsd or bell, unix systems.

I have several processes all writing to the same pipe at once.  If in
those processes I say:
	write(p[1], buf, 100);
can I depend on all 100 bytes being together, even if somebody else
decides to write at or about the same time?