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Subject: Re: [ast-developers] I_PEEK on Linux pipes and fifos? (Fwd: 
[ast-users]  ksh: command pipe -- connection reset)
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> Michal, did anyone ever filed a bug against Linux's FIFO/PIPE
> implementations to support I_PEEK? As far as I can check all SystemV
> derivatives (including Solaris), AIX and HP/UX support I_PEEK on pipes
> and fifos.
> 
> Just Linux does not.
> 
> Irek
> 
> 

An alternative is to allow recv() to work with the read end of a pipe.
UWIN does this it provdes the equivalent functionality of I_PEEK.

David Korn
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