Programming and Scripting :: pipe

hi all

I am trying to be much familier with pipes

I tried to write a c program that generates the following output

from child:
I
want
to
print
this
line
twice

from parent:
I
want
to
print
this
line
twice

what I get is

from child:
I
want
to
print
this
line
twice

from parent:
I
I
I
I
I
I
I

my code is

Code Sample

#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>

int main(void){
int childpid,fd[2],nb,i,j;
char line[BUFSIZ]="I want to print this line twice";
char word[BUFSIZ];

pipe(fd);

childpid=fork();

if(childpid==0)
{
printf("from child:\n");

close(fd[0]);

char *token=strtok(line," ");

while(token!=NULL)
{
printf(" %s\n",token);

write(fd[1],token,(strlen(token)+1));

token=strtok(NULL," ");

}

}

else
{

wait(NULL);
printf("from parent:\n");

close(fd[1]);

for( i=0;i<7;i++){
nb=read(fd[0],word,sizeof(word));
printf("%s\n",word);

}

}

return 0;

}

can any one tell me what's wronge with this code and how to correct it?

If you don't mind me speculating a little.

I believe the problem is in the

nb=read(fd[0],word,sizeof(word));

You are thinking that you are reading one line incrementing the file pointer then reading a second etc. But I think you are possibly reading in the entire message and what is in the word buffer is the entire phrase

I<null>want<null>to<null>print<null>this<null>line<null&g
t;twice<null>

and when you do the printf you alway print from the first word "I".

Try dumping the contents of the word buffer character by character to see what is in there after the first read.

Quote (dtf @ April 27 2006,23:54)

If you don't mind me speculating a little.

your kind response is greatly appreciated

Quote

I believe the problem is in the

nb=read(fd[0],word,sizeof(word));

You are thinking that you are reading one line incrementing the file pointer then reading a second etc. But I think you are possibly reading in the entire message and what is in the word buffer is the entire phrase

I<null>want<null>to<null>print<null>this<null>line<null&a
mp;g
t;twice<null>

and when you do the printf you alway print from the first word "I".

I didn't get what you means with that

Quote

Try dumping the contents of the word buffer character by character to see what is in there after the first read

do you mean I add this code after read?

Code Sample

for (k=0;k<strlen(word);k++)
printf("%c",word[k]);

Whey you do the read

nb=read(fd[0],word,sizeof(word));

you are read the size of word which is BUFSIZ characters. I do not know what BUFSIZ is defined as but let say it is 1024. The firts read (when i = 0) will read in all 1024 characters and not just the first line you wrote. So after the first read your word buffer contains the entire phrase. It could be that subsequent reads just fail because you are already at the end of the pipe.

Try checking the return rb to see how many characters are read as a test. Like

printf("%d\n", rb);

This way you can tell how many characters are being read with each itteration of the for loop.

Yes I was suggesting adding code not fix you problem to debug it. Once you understand the issue and have fixed it
you can remove the debug statements. The code sample of dumping the buffer would work.

Sorry but sometimes I drop letters and words when typing. Let me try this sentence again.

Yes I was suggesting adding code not to fix your problem but to debug it.

and

The code sample for dumping the buffer will work.

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