Unix to Windows Porting Dictionary for HPC

pipe

Table of Contents

Unix
Windows
Purpose
Discussion
Example of Use in Windows
More Information

Unix

header file: unistd.h

int pipe(int fildes[2]);

Windows

header file: io.h

int _pipe(int *pfds, unsigned int psize, int textmode);

Purpose

This function create a pipe between file descriptors.

Discussion

The Windows and Unix implementations of this functionality are similar, but the functions differ in their parameters. For complete details, see the links below.

Example of Use in Windows

For a complete example, please see the MSDN article on the pipe() function.

More Information

http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/pipe.html
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365781%28VS.85%29.aspx