---
name: "Child::Link::IPC"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libchild-perl"
version: "0.013-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Child::Link::IPC"
---

# Child::Link::IPC(3pm)

Base class for process links that provide IPC.

## NAME

Child::Link::IPC - Base class for process links that provide IPC.

## SEE ALSO

This class inherits from:

- Child::Link

  ## METHODS

- $proc-\>new( $pid. @shared )

  Constructor

- $proc-\>**read()**

  Read a message from the child.

- $proc-\>write( @MESSAGES )

  Send the messages to the child. works like print, you must add "\\n".

- $proc-\>say( @MESSAGES )

  Send the messages to the child. works like say, adds the separator for you (usually "\\n").

- $proc-\>autoflush( $BOOL )

  Turn autoflush on/off for the current processes write handle. This is on by default.

- $proc-\>**flush()**

  Flush the current processes write handle.

- $proc-\>**ipc()**

  - $proc-\>\_ipc( $new )

  Accessors for you to use or ignore.

## ABSTRACT METHODS

- $proc-\>**read\_handle()**

  Should return a read handle for reading from the child.

- $proc-\>**write\_handle()**

  Should return a write handle for writing to the child.

- $proc-\>init( @shared )

  Called by new during construction

## HISTORY

Most of this was part of Parallel::Runner intended for use in the Fennec project. Fennec is being broken into multiple parts, this is one such part.

## FENNEC PROJECT

This module is part of the Fennec project. See Fennec for more details. Fennec is a project to develop an extendable and powerful testing framework. Together the tools that make up the Fennec framework provide a potent testing environment.

The tools provided by Fennec are also useful on their own. Sometimes a tool created for Fennec is useful outside the greater framework. Such tools are turned into their own projects. This is one such project.

- Fennec - The core framework

  The primary Fennec project that ties them all together.

## AUTHORS

Chad Granum exodist7@gmail.com

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2010 Chad Granum

Child is free software; Standard perl licence.

Child is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the license for more details.