Thread: pipes

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    pipes

    Hi, I have the folowing data structures

    struct account_record
    {
    unsigned int account_number;
    unsigned int pin;
    long int balance;
    };

    struct message
    {
    char transaction_code;
    struct account_record mesage account;
    };

    What I would like to do is pass a message between two programs using a UNIX pipe.

    I've been able to get a pipe working to send and recieve string of char but have'net got a clue when it comes to a data structure!

    Anybody got any idea's

    Thanks for your time.

    AR

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    Pass it the same way you read or write any data. If you're using fread or fwrite, just write the size of the item and read that amount from the other end.

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