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Create a function uucore::fs::make_fifo() for creating a named pipe on Unix systems, and use it in cp.

This was extracted from pull request #7241. The make_fifo() function will be used in mv as well.

Use `uucore::fs::make_fifo()` when copying a named pipe in `cp`.
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Skip an intermittent issue tests/misc/stdbuf (fails in this run but passes in the 'main' branch)
Skipping an intermittent issue tests/tail/inotify-dir-recreate (passes in this run but fails in the 'main' branch)

@jfinkels jfinkels force-pushed the cp-make-fifo-uucore branch from 1885d6c to b81588e Compare April 19, 2025 01:10
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GNU testsuite comparison:

Skip an intermittent issue tests/misc/stdbuf (fails in this run but passes in the 'main' branch)

@sylvestre sylvestre merged commit 3965bc5 into uutils:main Apr 19, 2025
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nickorlow pushed a commit to nickorlow/coreutils that referenced this pull request Jul 17, 2025
cp: factor make_fifo() function out to uucore::fs
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