Interprocess Communication: Pipes

In this article we discuss how pipes enable both related and unrelated processes communicate in Linux.

Table of contents.Introduction.Pipe creation.Parent-child communication.Redirection.FIFOs.Summary.References.Prerequisite.Shared MemorySemaphoresMapped MemoryIntroduction.

In the prerequisite articles we have discuss three different types of interprocess communications namely, shared memory, semaphores and mapped memory.
Others include,
Sockets, which are bidirectional in nature...