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-.TH FIFO 7 2016-12-12 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH FIFO 7 2017-11-26 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
fifo \- first-in first-out special file, named pipe
.SH DESCRIPTION
that uses both ends of the connection in order to communicate
with itself should be very careful to avoid deadlocks.
.SH NOTES
-For details of the samntics of I/O on FIFOs, see
+For details of the semantics of I/O on FIFOs, see
.BR pipe (7).
.PP
When a process tries to write to a FIFO that is not opened