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SubjectRe: 2.1.43 curious pipe-entries in / (root)


On Wed, 25 Jun 1997 Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:

> Kevin Buhr:
>
> : New code in 2.1.43 (see "get_pipe_inode" in "linux/fs/inode.c") puts
> : entries for anonymous pipes into the root directory. The 6-digit
> : number in the filename is the inode of the pipe.
>
> Sounds like a bad idea. If these have to be there at all,
> then a subdirectory (/proc/pipes ?) would probably be better.

I'll second this. These artificial entries in / are a nuisance.

Gabriel

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