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From: Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk>
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Subject: Re: typed pipes
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Bj�rn Persson wrote:

> MIME types can be stored as extended attributes in some file
> systems. I don't really know how feasible it would be to add them to
> pipes.

It would require a hack on the memory structure storing the pipe, and
a uniform interface for querying a File_Descriptor about its type.

Greetings,

Jacob
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