有名管道可以用于任何两个程序间通信,因为有名字可引用。注意管道都是单向的,因此双方通信需要两个管道。
下面分别是这两个程序代码,同样是Lucy先运行,然后是Peter。
fifoLucy.c
#include<sys/types.h>
#include<sys/stat.h>
#include<stdio.h>
#include<errno.h>
#include<fcntl.h>
#include<string.h>
#include<unistd.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
int main()
{
char write_fifo_name[] = "lucy";
char read_fifo_name[] = "peter";
int write_fd, read_fd;
char buf[256];
int len;
struct stat stat_buf;
int ret = mkfifo(write_fifo_name, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
if( ret == -1)
{
printf("Fail to create FIFO %s: %s",write_fifo_name,strerror(errno));
exit(-1);
}
write_fd = open(write_fifo_name, O_WRONLY);
if(write_fd == -1)
{
printf("Fail to open FIFO %s: %s",write_fifo_name,strerror(errno));
exit(-1);
}
while((read_fd = open(read_fifo_name,O_RDONLY)) == -1)
{
sleep(1);
}
while(1)
{
printf("Lucy: ");
fgets(buf, 256, stdin);
buf[strlen(buf)-1] = '/0';
if(strncmp(buf,"quit", 4) == 0)
{
close(write_fd);
unlink(write_fifo_name);
close(read_fd);
exit(0);
}
write(write_fd, buf, strlen(buf));
len = read(read_fd, buf, 256);
if( len > 0)
{
buf[len] = '/0';
printf("Peter: %s/n", buf);
}
}
}
fifoPeter.c
#include<sys/types.h>
#include<sys/stat.h>
#include<string.h>
#include<stdio.h>
#include<errno.h>
#include<fcntl.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
int main(void)
{
char write_fifo_name[] = "peter";
char read_fifo_name[] = "lucy";
int write_fd, read_fd;
char buf[256];
int len;
int ret = mkfifo(write_fifo_name, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
if( ret == -1)
{
printf("Fail to create FIFO %s: %s",write_fifo_name,strerror(errno));
exit(-1);
}
while((read_fd = open(read_fifo_name, O_RDONLY)) == -1)
{
sleep(1);
}
write_fd = open(write_fifo_name, O_WRONLY);
if(write_fd == -1)
{
printf("Fail to open FIFO %s: %s", write_fifo_name, strerror(errno));
exit(-1);
}
while(1)
{
len = read(read_fd, buf, 256);
if(len > 0)
{
buf[len] = '/0';
printf("Lucy: %s/n",buf);
}
printf("Peter: ");
fgets(buf, 256, stdin);
buf[strlen(buf)-1] = '/0';
if(strncmp(buf,"quit", 4) == 0)
{
close(write_fd);
unlink(write_fifo_name);
close(read_fd);
exit(0);
}
write(write_fd, buf, strlen(buf));
}
}