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diff --git a/share/doc/psd/20.ipctut/pipe.c b/share/doc/psd/20.ipctut/pipe.c new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8152bbb13cdf --- /dev/null +++ b/share/doc/psd/20.ipctut/pipe.c @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1986, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +#include <stdio.h> + +#define DATA "Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art . . ." + +/* + * This program creates a pipe, then forks. The child communicates to the + * parent over the pipe. Notice that a pipe is a one-way communications + * device. I can write to the output socket (sockets[1], the second socket + * of the array returned by pipe()) and read from the input socket + * (sockets[0]), but not vice versa. + */ + +main() +{ + int sockets[2], child; + + /* Create a pipe */ + if (pipe(sockets) < 0) { + perror("opening stream socket pair"); + exit(10); + } + + if ((child = fork()) == -1) + perror("fork"); + else if (child) { + char buf[1024]; + + /* This is still the parent. It reads the child's message. */ + close(sockets[1]); + if (read(sockets[0], buf, 1024) < 0) + perror("reading message"); + printf("-->%s\en", buf); + close(sockets[0]); + } else { + /* This is the child. It writes a message to its parent. */ + close(sockets[0]); + if (write(sockets[1], DATA, sizeof(DATA)) < 0) + perror("writing message"); + close(sockets[1]); + } +} |