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From: Rbaker@afmpc-1.arpa
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Pipes and other oddities...
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Date: 17 Jan 89 22:36:40 GMT
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1.  My instructor insists that under *nix and/or MINIX, a single pipe can
flow data in both directions between processes... ie., a pipe can be opened
for both read and write.  Please, someone back me up on this - I swear a 
pipe is a one-way flow - opened for read-only at one end and write-only
at the other.  Please flame one of us, gently.

2.  What does an executable file look like under MINIX as opposed to a 
MS-DOS .EXE file?  Is there somewhere I can get this info?  I have all
standard ref's, including Ast's book, just can't find it.

3.  Please, Dr. Tannenbaum, are you willing to share with your friends,
who was Sweety Pi?

Thanks!  -roger

rbaker@afmpc1.arpa