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pipe.7: wfix 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ is supported for pipes and FIFOs only since kernel 2.6.
.SS Portability notes
On some systems (but not Linux), pipes are bidirectional:
data can be transmitted in both directions between the pipe ends.
According to POSIX.1, pipes need only need be unidirectional.
POSIX.1 requires only unidirectional pipes.
Portable applications should avoid reliance on
bidirectional pipe semantics.
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