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From: rattan@frith.egr.msu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Named pipes in MINIX
Keywords: MINIX 1.2, named pipes
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Date: 28 Dec 89 18:08:19 GMT
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	I am using MINIX 1.2 to teach the OS course. In the chapter
on file systems (Chapter 5 - excercise 34), there is a mention of 
implementing 'named' pipes in MINIX. Has anybody tried to implement
these named pipes in MINIX? It seems that there is no entry for
S_IFIFO in <stat.h>. Any ideas how it can be done?

- rattan@frith.egr.msu.edu