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diff --git a/pipe.c b/pipe.c
index 3a45dd11..d4bf1134 100644
--- a/pipe.c
+++ b/pipe.c
@@ -25,11 +25,10 @@ extern int am_sender;
 extern int am_server;
 extern int blocking_io;
 extern int orig_umask;
-extern int read_batch;
 extern int filesfrom_fd;
 
 /**
- * Create a child connected to use on stdin/stdout.
+ * Create a child connected to us via its stdin/stdout.
  *
  * This is derived from CVS code
  *
@@ -94,7 +93,17 @@ pid_t piped_child(char **command, int *f_in, int *f_out)
 	return pid;
 }
 
-pid_t local_child(int argc, char **argv,int *f_in,int *f_out,
+/* This function forks a child which calls child_main().  First,
+ * however, it has to establish communication paths to and from the
+ * newborn child.  It creates two socket pairs -- one for writing to
+ * the child (from the parent) and one for reading from the child
+ * (writing to the parent).  Since that's four socket ends, each
+ * process has to close the two ends it doesn't need.  The remaining
+ * two socket ends are retained for reading and writing.  In the
+ * child, the STDIN and STDOUT file descriptors refer to these
+ * sockets.  In the parent, the function arguments f_in and f_out are
+ * set to refer to these sockets. */
+pid_t local_child(int argc, char **argv, int *f_in, int *f_out,
 		  int (*child_main)(int, char*[]))
 {
 	pid_t pid;
@@ -114,7 +123,7 @@ pid_t local_child(int argc, char **argv,int *f_in,int *f_out,
 	}
 
 	if (pid == 0) {
-		am_sender = read_batch ? 0 : !am_sender;
+		am_sender = !am_sender;
 		am_server = 1;
 
 		if (!am_sender)