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OS Program 4

The document provides a C program that demonstrates interprocess communication using a named pipe (FIFO) between a writer and a reader process. The writer process takes user input and sends it through the FIFO, while the reader process reads and displays the data. The program utilizes mkfifo, open, read, write, and close system calls to facilitate this communication.

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OS Program 4

The document provides a C program that demonstrates interprocess communication using a named pipe (FIFO) between a writer and a reader process. The writer process takes user input and sends it through the FIFO, while the reader process reads and displays the data. The program utilizes mkfifo, open, read, write, and close system calls to facilitate this communication.

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Program 4.

Develop a C program which demonstrates interprocess communication


between a reader process and a writer process. Use mkfifo, open, read, write and
close APIs in your program.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>

#define FIFO_NAME "myfifo"

int main() {
int fd;
char buffer[BUFSIZ];

// Create the FIFO (named pipe) if it doesn't already exist


if (mkfifo(FIFO_NAME, 0666) == -1) {
perror("mkfifo");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

// Writer process
if (fork() == 0) {
printf("Writer process is running. Enter data to write (type 'exit' to quit):\n");

fd = open(FIFO_NAME, O_WRONLY);
if (fd == -1) {
perror("open");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

while (1) {
fgets(buffer, BUFSIZ, stdin);

if (strcmp(buffer, "exit\n") == 0) {
break;
}

write(fd, buffer, strlen(buffer) + 1);


}

close(fd);
}
// Reader process
else {
printf("Reader process is running. Reading data from the FIFO:\n");

fd = open(FIFO_NAME, O_RDONLY);
if (fd == -1) {
perror("open");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

while (1) {
if (read(fd, buffer, BUFSIZ) == 0) {
break;
}

printf("Received: %s", buffer);


}

close(fd);
}

return 0;
}

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