Thread: printf to pipe

  1. #1
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    printf to pipe

    I am trying to figure out how pipes work so I have this code:
    Code:
    int main(){
            int fdpipe[2];
            pipe(fdpipe);
            if(fork()!=0){//parent
                    dup2(fdpipe[1],1);
                    close(fdpipe[0]);
                    printf("mplamplampla\n"); 
                    int status;
                    waitpid(-1,&status,0);
            }
            else{
                    dup2(fdpipe[0],0);
                    close(fdpipe[1]);
                    char buf[100];
                    read(stdin,buf,7);
                    printf("read from input:%s\n",buf);
            }
    }
    what i am trying to do is having the parent process write something to the pipe and child process read from the pipe. But the child process just hangs without printing any output.
    Now, if i change the
    Code:
    printf("mplampla\n")
    with
    Code:
    write(1,"mplampla\n",10);
    works fine. child prints:
    read from input:mplampla

    Isn't printf writing to file with filedescriptor 1, output?
    thanks

  2. #2
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    You probably need to use
    Code:
      fclose(stdout);
      stdout = fdopen(1);
    http://www.hmug.org/man/3/fdopen.php

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