/**/ Baljit Singh Saini

Baljit Singh Saini

Program for IPC using named pipes (mkfifo())

Program for IPC using named pipes (mkfifo()) The third method for IPC is using mkfifo() function. mkfifo() creates a named pipe which can be used exactly like a file. So, if you know how to read/write in a file this is a convenient method for IPC Syntax: #include<sys/types.h>#include<sys/stat.h>int mkfifo(const char *pathname, mode_t mode); mkfifo() makes …

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Program for IPC using pipe() function

The second method for IPC is using the pipe() function. Before writing a program for IPC using pipe() function let us first understand its working. Syntax: #include<unistd.h>int pipe(int pipefd[2]); pipe() function creates a unidirectional pipe for IPC. On success it return two file descriptors pipefd[0] and pipefd[1]. pipefd[0] is the reading end of the pipe. …

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