FIFO w c
// C program to implement one side of FIFO
// This side writes first, then reads
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int main()
{
int fd;
// FIFO file path
char * myfifo = "/tmp/myfifo";
// Creating the named file(FIFO)
// mkfifo(<pathname>, <permission>)
mkfifo(myfifo, 0666);
char arr1[80], arr2[80];
while (1)
{
// Open FIFO for write only
fd = open(myfifo, O_WRONLY);
// Take an input arr2ing from user.
// 80 is maximum length
fgets(arr2, 80, stdin);
// Write the input arr2ing on FIFO
// and close it
write(fd, arr2, strlen(arr2)+1);
close(fd);
// Open FIFO for Read only
fd = open(myfifo, O_RDONLY);
// Read from FIFO
read(fd, arr1, sizeof(arr1));
// Print the read message
printf("User2: %s\n", arr1);
close(fd);
}
return 0;
}
Sikandar Khan