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A '''pipe''' is a [[reliable byte stream]] between [[process]]es in the [[UNIX]] [[operating system]]. They are not a general [[inter-process communication]] mechanism; a pipe between two processes must have been set up by a common ancestor of the two, before any child processes which are to use it are created.

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==External link==

* [https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/mdmpipe.html Advice from Doug McIlroy] - the path to pipes

[[Category: OS Basics]]