NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/comp/unix/question/13874

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Path: sparky!uunet!uunet.ca!ohrd!twriter
From: [e-mail] (Timothy Writer)
Subject: Re: Interprocess Communication Source Wanted
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Organization: "Ontario Hydro - Research Division"
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Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 20:47:58 GMT
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[e-mail] (Robert Gasch) writes:

>I have been attempting to figure out how interprocess
>communication works under Unix. The problem is that
>all the sample code i have to look at, is part of a
>large application and cluttered up with all sorts of
>other unreadable code which has nothing to do with
>the communication part that I'm actually interested
>in.

>If anybody out there has any simple programs which
>demonstrate interprocess communication I'd appreciate it
>if I could take a look at them.

Many commercial versions of UNIX come with a Programmer's Guide which
usually has a chapter on IPC mechanisms such as pipes, FIFOS, message
queues, semaphores, and shared memory.  Many also include a Network
Programming Guide which covers sockets and RPC.  I suggest you try to
get your hands on a copy of these before you delve into other people's
code.  Another book which might prove useful is Marc Rochkind's
"Advanced UNIX Programming."  I'm sure others can suggest some more
references.

I hope this helps.
Tim

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