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/* Copyright (C) 1992, 93, 94, 95, 96, 99, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
   License, or (at your option) any later version.

   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
   Library General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
   License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */

#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>

/* Create a one-way communication channel (pipe).
   Actually the channel is two-way on the Hurd.
   If successful, two file descriptors are stored in FDS;
   bytes written on FDS[1] can be read from FDS[0].
   Returns 0 if successful, -1 if not.  */
int
__pipe (int fds[2])
{
  int save_errno = errno;
  int result;

  /* The magic S_IFIFO protocol tells the pflocal server to create
     sockets which report themselves as FIFOs, as POSIX requires for
     pipes.  */
  result = __socketpair (PF_LOCAL, SOCK_STREAM, S_IFIFO, fds);
  if (result == -1 && errno == EPROTONOSUPPORT)
    {
      /* We contacted an "old" pflocal server that doesn't support the
         magic S_IFIFO protocol.
	 FIXME: Remove this junk somewhere in the future.  */
      __set_errno (save_errno);
      return __socketpair (PF_LOCAL, SOCK_STREAM, 0, fds);
    }

  return result;
}

weak_alias (__pipe, pipe)