Hey I was going through this code for IPC. The program creates three processes, in parent we create a pipe, in process A we take a string input and finally in process B we reverse that string.
I am stuck on the dup2 part. I know that dup2 is redirecting input and output to p_des[0] and p_des[1]. but I am not able to understand that how the rev_str part is using the same string taken input by get_str part.

************PARENT PROCESS**********************
#include <stdio.h>
#include <ctype.h>
main()
{
int p_des[2];
pipe( p_des ); /* The pipe descriptor */
printf("Input a string \n");
if ( fork () == 0 )
{
dup2(p_des[1], 1);
close(p_des[0]); /* process-A closing read end of the pipe */
execlp("./get_str", "get_str", 0);
/*** exit(1); ***/
}
else
if ( fork () == 0 )
{
dup2(p_des[0], 0);
close(p_des[1]); /* process-B closing write end of the pipe */
execlp("./rev_str", "rev_str", 0);
/*** exit(1); ****/
}
else
{
close(p_des[1]); /* parent closing both the ends of pipe */
close(p_des[0]);
wait(0);
wait(0);
}
fflush(stdout);
}

****PROCESS A*****************
get_str.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <ctype.h>
void get_str(str)
char str[];
{
char c;
int ic;
c = getchar();
ic = 0;
while ( ic < 10 && ( c != EOF && c != '\n' && c != '\t' ))
{
str[ic] = c;
c = getchar();
ic++;
}
str[ic] = '\0';
return;
}

************PROCESS B*******************
rev_str.c
void rev_str(str1, str2)
char str1[];
char str2[];
{
char c;
int ic;
int rc;
ic = 0;
c = str1[0];
while( ic < 10 && (c != EOF && c != '\0' && c != '\n') )
{
ic++;
c = str1[ic];
}
str2[ic] = '\0';
rc = ic - 1;
ic = 0;
while (rc-ic > -1)
{
str2[rc-ic] = str1[ic];
ic++;
}
return;
}

without the source code to dup2() it is hard to guess at what this program is doing. also execlp() executes programs but there are no main () entry points for get_str.c or rev_str.c.

dup2() copies the file descriptor. In this case it is copying the file descriptor of stdout in p_des[1] and stdin in p_des[0].

get_str and rev_str are separate C programs lying in same directory.

I would recommend using the Report button to get this moved to the Programming Forum

you never put anything in p_des[]. you should ask to move this to the programming subforum.

Hello


I have moved this to http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...75#post4690975
please help me solve this.

The correct way would be reporting your own thread and ask for moving, not disseminating duplicates across different forums. You can use the REPORT button in the lower-right corner of your own post, compile the form with your request (please and thanks are appreciated) and submit. It will be received by a moderator and managed accordingly.

This thread is going to be closed since it is a duplicate of http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...1/#post4690975 now.