Linux命名管道的使用_Linux教程

Linux命名管道非常适合同一机器上两个进程之间传递数据，其形式也是一个文件，但是读取与写入时遵循FIFO的原则。在使用命名管道时有两种方式进行读\写：阻塞与非阻塞。

使用命名管道很容易写出生产者与消费者的程序。下面这个程序摘自《Linux程序设计（第3版）》

producer.c

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

#define FIFO_NAME "/tmp/my_fifo"
#define BUFFER_SIZE PIPE_BUF
#define TEN_MEG (1024 * 1024 * 10)

int main()
{
int pipe_fd;
int res;
int open_mode = O_WRONLY;
int bytes_sent = 0;
char buffer[BUFFER_SIZE + 1];

if(access(FIFO_NAME,F_OK) == -1){
res = mkfifo(FIFO_NAME,0777);
if(res != 0){
fprintf(stderr,"Could not create fifo %s\n",FIFO_NAME);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
}

printf("Process %d opening FIFO O_WRONLY\n",getpid());
pipe_fd = open(FIFO_NAME,open_mode);
printf("Process %d result %d\n",getpid(),pipe_fd);

if(pipe_fd != -1){
while(bytes_sent < TEN_MEG){
res = write(pipe_fd,buffer,BUFFER_SIZE);
if(res == -1){
fprintf(stderr,"Write error on pipe\n");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
bytes_sent += res;
}
(void)close(pipe_fd);
}
else{
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

printf("Process %d finished\n",getpid());
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}


customer.c

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

#define FIFO_NAME "/tmp/my_fifo"
#define BUFFER_SIZE PIPE_BUF

int main()
{
int pipe_fd;
int res;

int open_mode = O_RDONLY;
char buffer[BUFFER_SIZE + 1];
int bytes_read = 0;

memset(buffer,'\0',sizeof(buffer));

printf("Process %d opening FIFO O_RDONLY\n",getpid());
pipe_fd = open(FIFO_NAME,open_mode);
printf("Process %d result %d\n",getpid(),pipe_fd);

if(pipe_fd != -1){
do{
res = read(pipe_fd,buffer,BUFFER_SIZE);
bytes_read += res;
}while(res > 0);
(void)close(pipe_fd);
}
else{
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

printf("Process %d finished, %d bytes read\n",getpid(),bytes_read);
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}