lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2001]   [Feb]   [3]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
SubjectRe: bidirectional named pipe?
Date
From
> I'm porting some software to Linux that requires use of a bidirectional,
> named pipe. The architecture is as follows: A server creates a named pipe

Pipes are not bidirectional in Linux. We follow traditional non stream
behaviour

> /dev/spx". I experiemented with socket-based pipes under Linux, but I
> couldn't gain access to them by open()ing the name. Is there help? I

AF_UNIX sockets are bidirectional but like all sockets use bind() and
connect().

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 12:52    [W:0.080 / U:1.040 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site