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diff --git a/man/man3/pipe.html b/man/man3/pipe.html deleted file mode 100644 index b087ae8b..00000000 --- a/man/man3/pipe.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,111 +0,0 @@ -<head> -<title>pipe(3) - Plan 9 from User Space</title> -<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv=Content-Type> -</head> -<body bgcolor=#ffffff> -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%> -<tr height=10><td> -<tr><td width=20><td> -<tr><td width=20><td><b>PIPE(3)</b><td align=right><b>PIPE(3)</b> -<tr><td width=20><td colspan=2> - <br> -<p><font size=+1><b>NAME </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - pipe – create an interprocess channel<br> - -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>SYNOPSIS </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <tt><font size=+1>#include <u.h><br> - #include <libc.h> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - </font></tt> - <tt><font size=+1>int pipe(int fd[2])<br> - </font></tt> -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>DESCRIPTION </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <i>Pipe</i> creates a buffered channel for interprocess I/O communication. - Two file descriptors are returned in <i>fd</i>. Data written to <tt><font size=+1>fd[1]</font></tt> - is available for reading from <tt><font size=+1>fd[0]</font></tt> and data written to <tt><font size=+1>fd[0]</font></tt> - is available for reading from <tt><font size=+1>fd[1]</font></tt>. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - After the pipe has been established, cooperating processes created - by subsequent <a href="../man2/fork.html"><i>fork</i>(2)</a> calls may pass data through the pipe with - <i>read</i> and <i>write</i> calls. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - When all the data has been read from a pipe and the writer has - closed the pipe or exited, <a href="../man3/read.html"><i>read</i>(3)</a> will return 0 bytes. Writes - to a pipe with no reader will generate a note <tt><font size=+1>sys: write on closed - pipe</font></tt>.<br> - -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>SOURCE </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/src/lib9/pipe.c<br> - </font></tt> -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>SEE ALSO </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <a href="../man3/intro.html"><i>intro</i>(3)</a>, <a href="../man3/read.html"><i>read</i>(3)</a><br> - -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>DIAGNOSTICS </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - Sets <i>errstr</i>.<br> - -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>BUGS </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - If a read or a write of a pipe is interrupted, some unknown number - of bytes may have been transferred. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - <i>Pipe</i> is a macro defined as <i>p9pipe</i> to avoid name conflicts with - Unix’s <i>pipe</i> system call. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - Unix pipes are not guaranteed to be bidirectional. In order to - ensure a bidirectional channel, <i>p9pipe</i> creates Unix domain sockets - via the <a href="../man2/socketpair.html"><i>socketpair</i>(2)</a> instead of Unix pipes. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - The implementation of pipes as Unix domain sockets causes problems - with some Unix implementations of <tt><font size=+1>/dev/fd</font></tt>, Unix’s dup device. - If a Unix domain socket is open as file descriptor 0, some implementations - disallow the opening of <tt><font size=+1>/dev/fd/0</font></tt>; instead one must <a href="../man2/connect.html"><i>connect</i>(2)</a> - to it. If this functionality is important - (as it is for <a href="../man1/rc.html"><i>rc</i>(1)</a>), one must <tt><font size=+1>#undef pipe</font></tt> and fall back on the - (possibly unidirectional) Unix pipes.<br> - -</table> - -<td width=20> -<tr height=20><td> -</table> -<!-- TRAILER --> -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%> -<tr height=15><td width=10><td><td width=10> -<tr><td><td> -<center> -<a href="../../"><img src="../../dist/spaceglenda100.png" alt="Space Glenda" border=1></a> -</center> -</table> -<!-- TRAILER --> -</body></html> |