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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000
committerTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000
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+.\" 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. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
+.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
+.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
+.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
+.\" 4. 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.
+.\"
+.\" @(#)pipe.c 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/8/93
+.\"
+#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]);
+ }
+}