Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 13:34:27 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu (Bill Paul) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: descriptors and sockets and pipes, oh my Message-ID: <199611231834.NAA05663@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <199611231802.NAA05597@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> from "Bill Paul" at Nov 23, 96 01:02:10 pm
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> > Lastly, is it still possible to exchange file descriptors with the > new pipe code in 2.2.x? The example in the book uses pipe(), but > that's because pipes were really AF_UNIX sockets in disguise; this > isn't true in FreeBSD 2.2.x anymore. > No, sorry... You can use socketpair(2), I think for that. If there is a great clammoring, I would be willing to fix it (probably a day or so of work.) John
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