FIFO 的使用

FIFO是IPC的一种形式。他和pipe不一样，pipe只能用在有关联的进程之间，而FIFO可以用在任意的进程之间。

 

下面是一个server和client的例子。

1. FIFO是半双工的

2. 这个是可以block的

3. 打开fifo的时候，必须是只读或者只写，不能既读又写。

 

/*
 * =====================================================================================
 *
 *       Filename:  fifo_server.c
 *
 *    Description: 
 *
 *        Version:  1.0
 *        Created:  09/02/2010 11:18:50 AM
 *       Revision:  none
 *       Compiler:  gcc
 *
 *         Author:  YOUR NAME (),
 *        Company: 
 *
 * =====================================================================================
 */
#define HALF_DUPLEX        "halfduplex"
#define MAX_BUF_SIZE    25

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    int fd, ret_val, count, numread;
    char buf[MAX_BUF_SIZE];

    /* Create the named - pipe */
    ret_val = mkfifo(HALF_DUPLEX, 0666);

    if ((ret_val == -1) && (errno != EEXIST)) {
        perror("Error creating the named pipe");
        exit (1);
    }

    /* Open the pipe for reading */
    fd = open(HALF_DUPLEX, O_RDONLY);

    /* Read from the pipe */
    numread = read(fd, buf, MAX_BUF_SIZE);

    buf[numread] = '/0';

    printf("Half Duplex Server : Read From the pipe : %s/n", buf);

}

/*
 * =====================================================================================
 *
 *       Filename:  fifo_client.c
 *
 *    Description: 
 *
 *        Version:  1.0
 *        Created:  09/02/2010 11:20:48 AM
 *       Revision:  none
 *       Compiler:  gcc
 *
 *         Author:  YOUR NAME (),
 *        Company: 
 *
 * =====================================================================================
 */
#define HALF_DUPLEX        "halfduplex"
#define MAX_BUF_SIZE    255

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    int fd;

    /* Check if an argument was specified. */

    if (argc != 2) {
        printf("Usage : %s <string to be sent to the server>/n", argv[0]);
        exit (1);
    }

    /* Open the pipe for writing */
    fd = open(HALF_DUPLEX, O_WRONLY);

    /* Write to the pipe */
    write(fd, argv[1], strlen(argv[1]));
}