From a448fdd69884c82b6afed1bee64e0eb47b7686e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 18:36:27 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] pipe.7: wfix Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man7/pipe.7 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man7/pipe.7 b/man7/pipe.7 index 81ad3f49d..229032c51 100644 --- a/man7/pipe.7 +++ b/man7/pipe.7 @@ -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. .SH SEE ALSO