Tag: #pipes

What is a a FIFO, or “named pipe”? What is mkfifo in C?

A FIFO is a special file that allows inter-process communication. The mkfifo system call creates a FIFO, enabling processes to read from and write to it. 2017-02-21

How do I call a program in C, setting up standard pipes?

A C function to create a new process, set up its standard input/output/error pipes, and return a struct containing the process ID and pipe file descriptors. 2017-02-17

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