Question

 //child process
    char buf[20];
    read(fd[0][0], buf, 20);
    printf("%s", buf);     

 //parent process
    write(fd[0][1], "12", 20);
    write(fd[0][1], "14", 20);
    write(fd[0][1], "15", 20);

 --output--
    12
    //then the program just exit. It cannot print out 14 and 15.

May I know that how can solve this problem? Can I make the child process waiting until it really read data from pipe?

I edited my program. And it can read all the data. However, the program just stop. It cannot continue to process. I think that it stop in the child process.

 //child process
    buf[6];
    int i;
    while ((i = read(fd[0][0], buf, 6)) > 0) {
         printf("%s", buf);     
    }

 //parent process
    write(fd[0][1], "12", 2);
    write(fd[0][1], "14", 2);
    write(fd[0][1], "15", 2);
    printf("done!\n");

 --output--
    121415done
  //The program just stopped in child process.

Answer 1

static const int BUF_SIZE = 4;
char buf[BUF_SIZE];

ssize_t read_bytes;
int i;

while ((read_bytes = read(fd[0][0], buf, BUF_SIZE)) > 0) {
    printf("BUF: {\n'");

    for (i = 0; i < read_bytes; ++i) {
        if (buf[i] != '\0')
            putchar(buf[i]);
    }

    printf("'\n} : EOBUF[%d]\n", nbytes);
}

if (read_bytes < 0) {
     perror("FAIL");
}

Edit: Works bad if write size is > write data tho. Garbage at end.

• read ssize_t read(int fildes, void *buf, size_t nbyte);
• write ssize_t write(int fildes, const void *buf, size_t nbyte);