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Clarify use of mkfifo() versus mknod().
as per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=455825
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is not 0, the behavior of
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is not 0, the behavior of
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.BR mknod ()
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.BR mknod ()
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is unspecified."
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is unspecified."
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However, nowadays one should never use
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.BR mknod ()
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for this purpose; one should use
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.BR mkfifo (3),
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a function especially defined for this purpose.
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Under Linux, this call cannot be used to create directories.
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Under Linux, this call cannot be used to create directories.
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One should make directories with
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One should make directories with
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.BR mkdir (2),
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.BR mkdir (2).
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and FIFOs with
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.\" and one should make Unix domain sockets with socket(2) and bind(2).
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.BR mkfifo (3).
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.\" Unix domain sockets with .BR socket " (and " bind ),
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There are many infelicities in the protocol underlying NFS.
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There are many infelicities in the protocol underlying NFS.
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Some of these affect
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Some of these affect
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