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## 6.3.1 Basic Concepts

A named pipe works much like a regular pipe, but does have some noticeable differences.

- Named pipes exist as a device special file in the file system.
- Processes of different ancestry can share data through a named pipe.
- When all I/O is done by sharing processes, the named pipe remains in the file system for later use.