Re: Bidirectional Pipes

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From: M.C Wong
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 03:42

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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
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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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