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CS3841/Examples/ipc/ipcpipe1.c
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/*
* ipcpipe1.c - Using a pipe to communicate data from
* a child process to a parent process
*/
#include <sys/types.h> // needed for pid_t
#include <sys/wait.h> // needed for wait system call
#include <unistd.h> // needed for fork, read, write, close system calls
#include <stdlib.h> // needed for exit
#include <stdio.h> // needed for printf, perror
int main()
{
/* Create a pipe */
int pipefd[2];
if (pipe(pipefd) == -1) {
perror("pipe");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
pid_t pid = fork(); // fork into 2 processes
if (pid == -1) // error
{
perror("fork");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
else if (pid == 0) // child
{
/* Close unused write end */
close(pipefd[1]);
/* Read from parent */
char data[32];
read(pipefd[0], data, sizeof(data));
printf("Child received %s from parent\n", data);
/* Close pipe */
close(pipefd[0]);
return 0; // Return success
}
else // parent
{
/* Close unused read end */
close(pipefd[0]);
/* Write to child */
write(pipefd[1], "HELLO", 5);
/* Close pipe */
close(pipefd[1]);
/* Wait or child */
wait(0);
}
return 0; // Return success
}