Struct filedescriptor::Pipe

pub struct Pipe {
    pub read: FileDescriptor,
    pub write: FileDescriptor,
}

Represents the readable and writable ends of a pair of descriptors connected via a kernel pipe.

use filedescriptor::Pipe;
use std::io::{Read,Write};
use failure::Error;

let mut pipe = Pipe::new()?;
pipe.write.write(b"hello")?;
drop(pipe.write);

let mut s = String::new();
pipe.read.read_to_string(&mut s)?;
assert_eq!(s, "hello");

Fields

read: FileDescriptor

The readable end of the pipe

write: FileDescriptor

The writable end of the pipe

Methods

impl Pipe

pub fn new() -> Fallible<Pipe>