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System / FileType / fifo

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Declaration
Discussion

fifo

FIFO (or named pipe)

Declaration

static var fifo: FileType { get }

Discussion

The corresponding C constant is S_IFIFO.

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SystemType Property

iOS 27.0+iPadOS 27.0+Mac Catalyst 27.0+macOS 27.0+tvOS 27.0+visionOS 27.0+watchOS 27.0+

Declaration
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