PIPE
NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION RETURN VALUE ERRORS CONFORMING TO SEE ALSO
pipe - create pipe
#include
int pipe(int filedes[2?);
pipe creates a pair of file descriptors, pointing to a pipe inode, and places them in the array pointed to by filedes. filedes[0? is for reading, filedes[1? is for writing.
On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.
EMFILE
Too many file descriptors are in use by the process.
ENFILE
The system file table is full.
EFAULT
filedes is not valid.
SVr4, SVID, AT
read(2), write(2), fork(2), socketpair(2)
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