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@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ pass O_CLOEXEC to the underlying `open' call. It can now be done by appending "e" to the `mode' string passed as a second argument. See "File Ports" in the manual for more info. +** `pipe' now takes flags as an optional argument + +This lets you pass flags such as O_CLOEXEC and O_NONBLOCK, as with the +pipe2(2) system call found on GNU/Linux and GNU/Hurd, instead of having +to call `fnctl' afterwards. See "Ports and File Descriptors" in the +manual for details. + ** Abstract Unix-domain sockets are supported It is now possible to create an AF_UNIX socket with a leading zero byte |