diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 7e298df9..61a2eae7 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	frontend/frontend_pipes_xorriso.c \
 	frontend/README-tcltk \
 	frontend/xorriso-tcltk \
+	frontend/sh_on_named_pipes.sh \
 	README \
 	AUTHORS \
 	CONTRIBUTORS \
diff --git a/README b/README
index 747439d1..a850c9ec 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -176,12 +176,15 @@ xorriso distro package does not install it, you may get it directly from
   http://libburnia-project.org/export/head/libisoburn/trunk/frontend/xorriso-tcltk
 
 Further there is the C program frontend/frontend_pipes_xorriso.c which
-forks a xorriso process and shows the same communication gestures as
+forks a xorriso process and shows similar communication gestures as
 xorriso-tcltk.
 In particular it connects to xorriso via two pipes, sends commands, waits
 for all replies of a command, picks info out of the xorriso message sieve,
 and parses reply message lines into words.
 
+The bash script frontend/sh_on_named_pipes.sh forks a xorriso process and
+operates it via two named pipes which it creates.
+
 
                        Drives and Disk File Objects 
 
diff --git a/xorriso/README_gnu_xorriso b/xorriso/README_gnu_xorriso
index 5ca308d2..970a8bf4 100644
--- a/xorriso/README_gnu_xorriso
+++ b/xorriso/README_gnu_xorriso
@@ -174,6 +174,9 @@ In particular it connects to xorriso via two pipes, sends commands, waits
 for all replies of a command, picks info out of the xorriso message sieve, 
 and parses reply message lines into words.
 
+The bash script frontend/sh_on_named_pipes.sh forks a xorriso process and
+operates it via two named pipes which it creates.
+
 
                        Drives and Disk File Objects 
 
diff --git a/xorriso/make_xorriso_standalone.sh b/xorriso/make_xorriso_standalone.sh
index 32f49940..a03491a2 100755
--- a/xorriso/make_xorriso_standalone.sh
+++ b/xorriso/make_xorriso_standalone.sh
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ copy_files \
  frontend/frontend_pipes_xorriso.c \
  frontend/README-tcltk \
  frontend/xorriso-tcltk \
+ frontend/sh_on_named_pipes.sh \
  "$lone_dir"/frontend
 
 
diff --git a/xorriso/xorriso_makefile_am.txt b/xorriso/xorriso_makefile_am.txt
index 3db9b63a..be84268b 100644
--- a/xorriso/xorriso_makefile_am.txt
+++ b/xorriso/xorriso_makefile_am.txt
@@ -336,6 +336,8 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	doc/startup_file.txt \
 	frontend/frontend_pipes_xorriso.c \
 	frontend/README-tcltk \
+	frontend/xorriso-tcltk \
+	frontend/sh_on_named_pipes.sh \
 	libisofs/aaip-os-dummy.c \
 	libisofs/aaip-os-linux.c \
 	libisofs/aaip-os-freebsd.c \