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Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 15:28:56 +0100
From: Jamie Lokier <lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: bidirectional named pipe?
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Alan Cox wrote:
> > /dev/spx".  I experiemented with socket-based pipes under Linux, but I
> > couldn't gain access to them by open()ing the name.  Is there help?  I
> 
> AF_UNIX sockets are bidirectional but like all sockets use bind() and
> connect().

And that's because sockets don't behave like bidirectional fifos.
Each connection to a socket is a distinct stream.

-- Jamie
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