From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: wkt@tuhs.org (Warren Toomey)
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 10:59:04 +1000
Subject: [TUHS] fstat(2) on pipes?
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Warren wrote:
>     > xv6 has fstat() but returns an error if the file descriptor isn't
>     > associated with an i-node.
 
On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 08:27:11PM -0400, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> ?? All pipe file descriptors should have an inode?

xv6 is a Unix-like OS written for teaching purposes. I'm
making changes to give it a decent runtime environment. URLs:

https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2014/xv6.html
https://github.com/DoctorWkt/xv6-freebsd

and it comes with it's own Lions-style commentary:
https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2014/xv6/book-rev8.pdf

Cheers, Warren