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pipe_rw.cpp
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#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <sys/prctl.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
pid_t pid = 0;
int inpipefd[2];
int outpipefd[2];
char buf[256];
char msg[256];
int status;
pipe(inpipefd);
pipe(outpipefd);
pid = fork();
if (pid == 0)
{
// Child
dup2(outpipefd[0], STDIN_FILENO);
dup2(inpipefd[1], STDOUT_FILENO);
dup2(inpipefd[1], STDERR_FILENO);
//ask kernel to deliver SIGTERM in case the parent dies
prctl(PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, SIGTERM);
//replace tee with your process
execl("/usr/bin/tee", "tee", (char*) NULL);
// Nothing below this line should be executed by child process. If so,
// it means that the execl function wasn't successfull, so lets exit:
exit(1);
}
// The code below will be executed only by parent. You can write and read
// from the child using pipefd descriptors, and you can send signals to
// the process using its pid by kill() function. If the child process will
// exit unexpectedly, the parent process will obtain SIGCHLD signal that
// can be handled (e.g. you can respawn the child process).
//close unused pipe ends
close(outpipefd[0]);
close(inpipefd[1]);
// Now, you can write to outpipefd[1] and read from inpipefd[0] :
while(1)
{
printf("Enter message to send\n");
scanf("%s", msg);
if(strcmp(msg, "exit") == 0) break;
write(outpipefd[1], msg, strlen(msg));
read(inpipefd[0], buf, 256);
printf("Received answer: %s\n", buf);
}
kill(pid, SIGKILL); //send SIGKILL signal to the child process
waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
}