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pipe.7: wfix 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2015-04-18 12:17:27 +02:00
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@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ See
for more information. for more information.
.SS PIPE_BUF .SS PIPE_BUF
POSIX.1-2001 says that POSIX.1 says that
.BR write (2)s .BR write (2)s
of less than of less than
.B PIPE_BUF .B PIPE_BUF
@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ Writes of more than
.B PIPE_BUF .B PIPE_BUF
bytes may be nonatomic: the kernel may interleave the data bytes may be nonatomic: the kernel may interleave the data
with data written by other processes. with data written by other processes.
POSIX.1-2001 requires POSIX.1 requires
.B PIPE_BUF .B PIPE_BUF
to be at least 512 bytes. to be at least 512 bytes.
(On Linux, (On Linux,
@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ is supported for pipes and FIFOs only since kernel 2.6.
.SS Portability notes .SS Portability notes
On some systems (but not Linux), pipes are bidirectional: On some systems (but not Linux), pipes are bidirectional:
data can be transmitted in both directions between the pipe ends. data can be transmitted in both directions between the pipe ends.
According to POSIX.1-2001, pipes need only need be unidirectional. According to POSIX.1, pipes need only need be unidirectional.
Portable applications should avoid reliance on Portable applications should avoid reliance on
bidirectional pipe semantics. bidirectional pipe semantics.
.SH SEE ALSO .SH SEE ALSO