Top "Mkfifo" questions

Create a temporary FIFO (named pipe) in Python?

How can you create a temporary FIFO (named pipe) in Python? This should work: import tempfile temp_file_name = mktemp() …

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Proper FIFO client-server connection

I'm trying to write simple client and server C programs, communicating with each other in separate terminals. The server has …

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How do I properly write to FIFOs in Python?

Something very strange is happening when I open FIFOs (named pipes) in Python for writing. Consider what happens when I …

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fifo - reading in a loop

I want to use os.mkfifo for simple communication between programs. I have a problem with reading from the fifo …

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mkfifo() error ---> "Error creating the named pipe.: File exists"

The mkfifo function takes 2 arguments, path and mode. But I don't know what is the format of the path that …

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Why does my program hang when opening a mkfifo-ed pipe?

I use mkfifo to create a named pipe. Then I use the following program to open it. However, the program …

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using mkfifo to block on read until a write

gcc (GCC) 4.7.2 c89 I am using pipes mkfifo. I have a reader and a writer. I want the reader to …

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python os.mkfifo() for Windows

Short version (if you can answer the short version it does the job for me, the rest is mainly for …

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Unable to open FIFO for writing

'Server' program side: #define RESP_FIFO_NAME "response" /* Global Variables */ char *cmdfifo = CMD_FIFO_NAME; /* Name of command FIFO. */ char *…

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Fifo file Windows example

I am wondering if there is a Windows equivalent for Linux mkfifo. By equivalent, I mean way of creating files, …

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