#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <limits.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#define FIFO_NAME "/tmp/my_fifo"
#define BUFFER_SIZE PIPE_BUF
#define TEN_MEG (1024 * 1024 * 10)
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
int pipe_fd;
int res;
int open_mode = O_WRONLY;
int bytes_sent = 0;
char buffer[BUFFER_SIZE + 1];
if(access(FIFO_NAME, F_OK) == -1) {
res = mkfifo(FIFO_NAME, 0777);
if(res != 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Could not create fifo %s\n", FIFO_NAME);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
}
printf("Process %d opening FIFO O_WRONLY\n", getpid());
pipe_fd = open(FIFO_NAME, open_mode);
printf("Process %d result %d\n", getpid, pipe_fd);
if(pipe_fd != -1) {
while(bytes_sent < TEN_MEG) {
res = write(pipe_fd, buffer, BUFFER_SIZE);
if(res == -1) {
fprintf(stderr, "Write error on pipe\n");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
bytes_sent += res;
}
(void)close(pipe_fd);
} else {
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
printf("Process %d finished\n", getpid());
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}