119 lines
3.5 KiB
Groff
119 lines
3.5 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" @(#)pipe.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd January 30, 2006
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.Dt PIPE 2
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm pipe
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.Nd create descriptor pair for interprocess communication
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In unistd.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn pipe "int *fildes"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn pipe
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system call
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creates a
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.Em pipe ,
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which is an object allowing
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bidirectional data flow,
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and allocates a pair of file descriptors.
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.Pp
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By convention, the first descriptor is normally used as the
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.Em read end
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of the pipe,
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and the second is normally the
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.Em write end ,
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so that data written to
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.Fa fildes[1]
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appears on (i.e., can be read from)
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.Fa fildes[0] .
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This allows the output of one program to be
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sent
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to another program:
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the source's standard output is set up to be
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the write end of the pipe,
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and the sink's standard input is set up to be
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the read end of the pipe.
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The pipe itself persists until all its associated descriptors are
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closed.
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.Pp
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A pipe that has had an end closed is considered
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.Em widowed .
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Writing on such a pipe causes the writing process to receive
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a
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.Dv SIGPIPE
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signal.
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Widowing a pipe is the only way to deliver end-of-file to a reader:
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after the reader consumes any buffered data, reading a widowed pipe
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returns a zero count.
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.Pp
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The bidirectional nature of this implementation of pipes is not
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portable to older systems, so it is recommended to use the convention
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for using the endpoints in the traditional manner when using a
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pipe in one direction.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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.Rv -std pipe
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.Sh ERRORS
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The
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.Fn pipe
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system call will fail if:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EMFILE
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Too many descriptors are active.
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.It Bq Er ENFILE
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The system file table is full.
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.It Bq Er ENOMEM
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Not enough kernel memory to establish a pipe.
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.It Bq Er EFAULT
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The
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.Fa fildes
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buffer is in an invalid area of the process's address
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space.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr sh 1 ,
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.Xr fork 2 ,
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.Xr read 2 ,
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.Xr socketpair 2 ,
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.Xr write 2
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn pipe
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function appeared in
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.At v3 .
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.Pp
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Bidirectional pipes were first used on
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.At V.4 .
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