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C++ System Programming Cookbook

You're reading from   C++ System Programming Cookbook Practical recipes for Linux system-level programming using the latest C++ features

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838646554
Length 292 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with System Programming 2. Revisiting C++ FREE CHAPTER 3. Dealing with Processes and Threads 4. Deep Dive into Memory Management 5. Using Mutexes, Semaphores, and Condition Variables 6. Pipes, First-In First-Out (FIFO), Message Queues, and Shared Memory 7. Network Programming 8. Dealing with Console I/O and Files 9. Dealing with Time Interfaces 10. Managing Signals 11. Scheduling 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Learning how to use the oldest form of IPC – pipes

In the previous recipe, you learned how to choose an IPC based on some key factors. It's now time to get hands-on with the four communication types, and this recipe focuses on pipes. In this recipe, you'll learn how to use pipes to make two processes communicating full-duplex by using two pipes. We'll not use any form of synchronization as generally, it is not required. In the How it works... section, we'll see why and when is it not required.

How to do it...

In this section, we'll develop a program that will create two processes, with the unique goal of sending a message to each other. With a pipe, as we've seen, the data flows in...

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