52 lines
1.1 KiB
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52 lines
1.1 KiB
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.TH PIPE 3
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.SH NAME
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pipe \- two-way interprocess communication
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B bind #|
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.I dir
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.nf
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.IB dir /data
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.IB dir /data1
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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An
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.IR attach (5)
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of this device allocates two new cross-connected I/O streams,
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.IB dir /data
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and
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.IB dir /data1\f1.
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.PP
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Data written to one channel becomes available for reading at
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the other.
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Write boundaries are preserved: each read terminates
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when the read buffer is full or after reading the last byte
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of a write, whichever comes first.
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.PP
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Writes are atomic up to a certain size, typically 32768 bytes,
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that is, each write will be delivered in a single read by the
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recipient, provided the receiving buffer is large enough.
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.PP
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If there are multiple writers, each
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.I write
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is guaranteed to be available in a contiguous piece at the other
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end of the pipe.
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If there are multiple readers, each read will return data from only
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one write.
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.PP
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The
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.IR pipe (2)
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system call performs an
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.I attach
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of this device and returns file descriptors to the new pipe's
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.B data
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and
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.B data1
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files.
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The files are open with mode
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.BR ORDWR .
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.IR pipe (2)
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.SH SOURCE
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.B /sys/src/9/port/devpipe.c
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