Sockets.socketPair3kaya
Create a joined pair of sockets
Usage
Pair<Socket, Socket> socketPair( )
Overview
This function creates a pair of sockets that can be used for bi-directional communication. The most common use of this is for setting up communications between a process and its Posix.fork (3kaya) ()ed child - each process closes one of the sockets after the fork.
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sockets = socketPair();
pid = fork();
if (pid == 0) {
// child process
close(sockets.fst);
// do something
} else {
close(sockets.snd);
// do something else
}
Releases
4 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 3 times.