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6.3 Named Pipes (FIFOs A named pipe works much like a regular
pipe, but does have some noticeable - Named pipes exist as a
device special file in the file system. - Processes of different
ancestry can share data through a named pipe. - When all I/O is
done by sharing processes, the named pipe remains in the file
system for later use. Fri Mar 29 14:43:04 EST 1996