.TH PIPE 2
.UC 4
.SH NAME
pipe \- create pipe
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <unistd.h>
.B int pipe (int *filedes) 
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B pipe()
creates a pair of file descriptors,
pointing to a pipe inode,
and places them in the array pointed to by
.I filedes.
.I filedes[0]   
is for reading,
.I filedes[1]
is for writing.
0 is returned on success, -1 is returned on failure.
.SH FILES
linux/fs/pipe.c
.br
/usr/include/linux/sys.h
.br
/usr/include/unistd.h
.SH SEE ALSO
fork(2)
.SH BUGS
-1 is returned for error.