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I'm looking at the code for a c++ program which pipes the contents of a file to more. I don't quite understand it, so I was wondering if someone could write pseudocode for a c++ program that pipes something to something else? Why is it necessary to use fork?
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3 years ago. pipe() is a Linux system function. The pipe() system function is used to open file descriptors, which are used to communicate between different Linux processes. In short, the pipe() function is used for inter-process communication in Linux.
To create a simple pipe with C, we make use of the pipe() system call. It takes a single argument, which is an array of two integers, and if successful, the array will contain two new file descriptors to be used for the pipeline.
pipe() is a system call that facilitates inter-process communication. It opens a pipe, which is an area of main memory that is treated as a "virtual file". The pipe can be used by the creating process, as well as all its child processes, for reading and writing.
create pipe
fork process
if child:
connect pipe to stdin
exec more
write to pipe
You need fork() so that you can replace stdin of the child before calling, and so that you don't wait for the process before continuing.
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