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Date: Fri,  5 Nov 2010 12:57:39 +0200
From: Lucio De Re <lucio@proxima.alt.za>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Passing a file descriptor between processes
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On Fri, Nov 05, 2010 at 12:29:46PM +0200, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
>
> One of the ugliest interface in Unix is passing a file descriptor between
> processes [1]. Does Plan9 provide any mechanism for it?
>
You can pass fds in channels between threads, but for processes you
should look at #s for guidance.

++L