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- From: wongm@latcs2.lat.oz.au (M.C Wong)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer
- Subject: Re: Bidirectional Pipes
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.034220.22775@latcs1.lat.oz.au>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 03:42:20 GMT
- References: <1992Jul13.175933.26213@dragon.acadiau.ca> <5380@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil>
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- In article <5380@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil> nto0302@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil (Bob Fisher) writes:
- >From article <1992Jul13.175933.26213@dragon.acadiau.ca>, by 890025d@dragon.acadiau.ca (Andy DeWolfe):
- >> Can anyone provide examples/references/information on setting up
- >> bidirectional pipes using "C"/Unix?
- >
- >A pipe only works in one direction on our system. I got around this
- >by creating two pipes - one for output and the other for input.
- >--
- >Bob Fisher
- >EMAIL: bfisher@dsac.dla.mil osu-cis!dsacg1!bfisher
- >VOICE: Commercial 1-614-692-9071 Autovon 850-9071
- >USPS: Defense Logistics Agency, DSAC-TOL, Box 1605, Columbus OH 43216-5002
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-
- Hi, in Steven's Unix Network Programming, he suggests the use of
- socketpair() system call to create a pair of unnamed bi-directional
- stream socket. That book is a fantastic one, and I got it from erading
- the news and some helpful people on the net ! Thanks!
-
- - wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au
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