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PIPE adalah suatu komunikasi proses antara program satu dengan program lainnya. Pipe ini hanya bisa berkomunikasi hanya dalam satu komputer, artinya tidak dapat komunikasi antara dua komputer atau lebih. Cara kerja Pipe adalah terdapat program yang menulis program yang nantinya disimpan dalam file kemudian ada program lain yang membaca file tersebut.

berikut contoh program yang menulis data (dapat berupa string/ variabel):

#include <stdio.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int main()
{
   int client_to_server;
   char *myfifo = "/tmp/client_to_server_fifo";

   int server_to_client;
   char *myfifo2 = "/tmp/server_to_client_fifo";

   char str[BUFSIZ];
   printf("Input message to serwer: ");
   scanf("%s", str);


   /* write str to the FIFO */
   client_to_server = open(myfifo, O_WRONLY);
   server_to_client = open(myfifo2, O_RDONLY);
   write(client_to_server, str, sizeof(str));

   perror("Write:"); //Very crude error check

   read(server_to_client,str,sizeof(str));

   perror("Read:"); // Very crude error check

   printf("...received from the server: %s\n",str);
   close(client_to_server);
   close(server_to_client);

   /* remove the FIFO */

   return 0;
}

berikut contoh program yang membaca data :

#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>

int main()
{
   int client_to_server;
   char *myfifo = "/tmp/client_to_server_fifo";

   int server_to_client;
   char *myfifo2 = "/tmp/server_to_client_fifo";

   char buf[BUFSIZ];

   /* create the FIFO (named pipe) */
   mkfifo(myfifo, 0666);
   mkfifo(myfifo2, 0666);

   /* open, read, and display the message from the FIFO */
   client_to_server = open(myfifo, O_RDONLY);
   server_to_client = open(myfifo2, O_WRONLY);

   printf("Server ON.\n");

   while (1)
   {
      read(client_to_server, buf, BUFSIZ);

      if (strcmp("exit",buf)==0)
      {
         printf("Server OFF.\n");
         break;
      }

      else if (strcmp("",buf)!=0)
      {
         printf("Received: %s\n", buf);
         printf("Sending back...\n");
         write(server_to_client,buf,BUFSIZ);
      }

      /* clean buf from any data */
      memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
   }

   close(client_to_server);
   close(server_to_client);

   unlink(myfifo);
   unlink(myfifo2);
   return 0;
}