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deadlocks.
!!NOTES
-When a process tries to write to a FIFO that is not opened
+When a process tries to write to a FIFO that is not opened anymore
for read on the other side, the process is sent a SIGPIPE
signal.
+In general, if you close and re-open one side you need to do it on the other side, too. ''(Is this correct?)''
FIFO special files can be created by mkfifo(3), and
are specially indicated in ''ls -l''.
!!SEE ALSO
