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Communications Programming Concepts
Socketpair Communication Example
/* This program fragment creates a pair of connected sockets then
* forks and communicates over them. Socket pairs have a two-way
* communication path. Messages can be sent in both directions.
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#define DATA1 "In Xanadu, did Kublai Khan..."
#define DATA2 "A stately pleasure dome decree..."
main()
{
int sockets[2], child;
char buf[1024];
if (socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, sockets) < 0) {
perror("opening stream socket pair");
exit(1);
}
if ((child = fork()) == -1)
perror("fork");
else if (child) { /* This is the parent. */
close(sockets[0]);
if (read(sockets[1], buf, 1024, 0) < 0)
perror("reading stream message");
printf("-->%s\n", buf);
if (write(sockets[1], DATA2, sizeof(DATA2)) < 0)
perror("writing stream message");
close(sockets[1]);
} else { /* This is the child. */
close(sockets[1]);
if (write(sockets[0], DATA1, sizeof(DATA1)) < 0)
perror("writing stream message");
if (read(sockets[0], buf, 1024, 0) < 0)
perror("reading stream message");
printf("-->%s\n", buf);
close(sockets[0]);
}
}
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