LDP: Update original to LDP v3.79

[linuxjm/LDP_man-pages.git] / original / man7 / fifo.7

diff --git a/original/man7/fifo.7 b/original/man7/fifo.7
index 13f26c8..185cb82 100644 (file)
--- a/original/man7/fifo.7
+++ b/original/man7/fifo.7
@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@
 fifo \- first-in first-out special file, named pipe
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 A FIFO special file (a named pipe) is similar to a pipe,
-except that it is accessed as part of the file system.
+except that it is accessed as part of the filesystem.
 It can be opened by multiple processes for reading or
 writing.
 When processes are exchanging data via the FIFO,
 the kernel passes all data internally without writing it
-to the file system.
+to the filesystem.
 Thus, the FIFO special file has no
-contents on the file system; the file system entry merely
+contents on the filesystem; the filesystem entry merely
 serves as a reference point so that processes can access
-the pipe using a name in the file system.
+the pipe using a name in the filesystem.
 .PP
 The kernel maintains exactly one pipe object for each
 FIFO special file that is opened by at least one process.
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ until the other end is opened also.
 .PP
 A process can open a FIFO in nonblocking mode.
 In this
-case, opening for read only will succeed even if no-one has
-opened on the write side yet, opening for write only will
+case, opening for read-only will succeed even if no-one has
+opened on the write side yet, opening for write-only will
 fail with
 .B ENXIO
 (no such device or address) unless the other
@@ -71,3 +71,12 @@ with the file type \(aqp\(aq.
 .BR socketpair (2),
 .BR mkfifo (3),
 .BR pipe (7)
+.SH COLOPHON
+This page is part of release 3.79 of the Linux
+.I man-pages
+project.
+A description of the project,
+information about reporting bugs,
+and the latest version of this page,
+can be found at
+\%http://www.kernel.org/doc/man\-pages/.