linux进程通信之pipe入门

无名pipe用在父子进程通信。
以下通过fork创建了一个子进程。
一个pipe有2个fd，其中fd[0]用来读，fd[1]用来写入。
以下演示子进程写入，父进程读取写入的值。

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
	int pipefd[2];
	// pipefd[0] for read
	//pipefd[1] for write
	pid_t cpid;
	char buf;
	if (pipe(pipefd) == -1) {
		perror("pipe");
		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
	}

	cpid = fork();
	if (cpid == -1) {
		perror("fork");
		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
	}

	if (cpid == 0) { /* Child reads from pipe */
		close(pipefd[1]); /* Close unused write end */

		while (read(pipefd[0], &buf, 1) > 0)
			write(STDOUT_FILENO, &buf, 1);
		write(STDOUT_FILENO, "\n", 1);
		close(pipefd[0]);
		_exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);

	} else { /* Parent writes argv[1] to pipe */
		close(pipefd[0]); /* Close unused read end */
		char *a = "123456";
		write(pipefd[1], a, strlen(a));
		close(pipefd[1]); /* Reader will see EOF */
		wait(NULL); /* Wait for child */
		printf("parent end");
		exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
	}
}