Create named pipe in Ruby

Question

I am trying to create a named pipe inside Ruby. Besides using the system command (system("mkfifo #{pipe_name}")), is there a native Ruby function allowing me to do this?

Answer 1

Current versions of Ruby (starting with 2.3.0) now have a native File::mkfifo:

File.mkfifo('pipe_name')

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Old answer for older versions of Ruby:

I don't believe there's anything fully native, but there's the mkfifo gem.

Install like this:

gem install mkfifo

Then use like this:

require "mkfifo"
File.mkfifo('pipe_name')