Chapter 11: Interprocess Communication

Chapter 11: Interprocess Communication Subject Windows UNIX C Library Comments IPC CallNamedPipe N/A N/A CreateFile, WriteFile, ReadFile, CloseHandle IPC CloseHandle (pipe handle) close, msgctl pclose Not part of the Standard C librarysee Stevens IPC ConnectNamedPipe N/A N/A   IPC CreateMailslot N/A N/A   IPC CreateNamedPipe mkfifo, msgget N/A   IPC CreatePipe pipe popen Not part of the Standard C librarysee Stevens IPC DuplicateHandle dup, dup2, or fcntl N/A Or use file names CONIN$, CONOUT$ IPC GetNamedPipeHandleState stat, fstat, lstat64 N/A   IPC GetNamedPipeInfo stat, fstat, lstat N/A   IPC ImpersonateNamedPipeClient N/A N/A   IPC PeekNamedPipe N/A N/A   IPC ReadFile (named pipe handle) read (fifo), msgsnd N/A   IPC RevertToSelf N/A N/A   IPC SetNamedPipeHandleState N/A N/A   IPC transactNamedPipe N/A N/A WriteFile; ReadFile IPC WriteFile (named pipe handle) write (fifo), msgrcv N/A   Misc. GetComputerName uname N/A   Misc. SetComputerName N/A N/A   Security SetNamedPipeIdentity Use directory sticky bit N/A