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Date: Sat,  3 Jan 2009 21:00:15 -0800
From: "Roman V. Shaposhnik" <rvs@sun.com>
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To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] directly opening Plan9 devices
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On Sat, 2009-01-03 at 17:56 -0500, erik quanstrom wrote:
> > Isn't it too restrictive, eg, not allowing you to create pipes?
>
> pipes certianly are an exception.  why can the others
> be bound for you if your jailer sees fit?

Why would you call pipes an exception? Is there anything special
about them?(*)

Thanks,
Roman.

(*) There's one thing, that is somewhat related but I'm going
to ask a question about it in a different thread.