Can I use pipe between two process without using fork and share file descriptors with for example socket ? I don’t need another solution, I need pipe between two process that not forked.
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Can I use pipe between two process without using fork and share file descriptors with for example socket ? I don’t need another solution, I need pipe between two process that not forked.
You could use a named pipe (FIFO):
if you do
mkfifo <common path>, you an use this path in both processes, one for reading and one for writing. Then you have the same behaviour as with a normal pipe.