Hi, Ronald.

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 RVI> If you now do a fork(), exec() call, then you can have a second
 RVI> program that inherits this pipe from the parent.

Let me just make sure I understand this properly:

1. Call pipe() to create an anonymous, two-channel pipe.
2. Call fork() to produce a second copy of the program.
3. Call one of the exec* functions to replace copy #2 of the original
program with the new program.
4. Copy #1 of the original program, and the new program, will now be
connected via the pipe.

Is that right?

 RVI>  Instead of an
 RVI> anonymous pipe, you might want to use a named pipe instead.

I prefer portable code if possible, and I have no API docs yet.

 RVI>  For a
 RVI> good explanation of anonymous pipes, pick up "Advance Unix
 RVI> Programming" by Marc J. Rochkind which will give some good UNIX
 RVI> examples which port to EMX quite well.

Thanks, I'll remember to check that out sometime.

Andrew.

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