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Also known as FIFOs.
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Same as unnamed pipes except FIFOs have a name that can be used to identify them via different programs.
Like unnamed pipes, FIFOS are unidirectional.
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mkfifo
- Shell command to make a FIFO
$ mkfifo name
template: main
mkfifo - <sys/types.h> <sys/stat.h>
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mkfifo( name, permissions ) -
c function to create a FIFO
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Returns 0 on success and -1 on failure
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- Once created, the FIFO acts like a regular file, and we can use
open,read,write, andcloseon it.
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- FIFOs will block on open until both ends of the pipe have a connection.