unix-named-pipe

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unix-named-pipe is a library to ease the creation and usage of named pipes on the Unix platform

Usage

extern crate unix_named_pipe;

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let filename = "/var/run/application.pipe";
let mode: u32 = 0o644

// Create a new named pipe
unix_named_pipe::create(filename, mode)?;

// Open a named pipe for reading
let read_file = unix_named_pipe::open_read(filename)?;

// Open a named pipe for writing (appending)
let write_file = unix_named_pipe::open_write(filename)?;

Examples

Some examples are provided in the examples directory. There are examples for both fixed-size messages and for variable-sized messages To start the example client and server, launch the server first to begin reading and then launch the client:

cargo run --example fixsz_server -- /tmp/pipe
cargo run --example fixsz_client -- /tmp/pipe

Contributing

Pull requests are welcomed and encouraged. Feel free to ask questions via the issue tracker or email.

Any contributions will be greatly appreciated <3.

License

Licensed under MIT. See LICENSE for details.