pipe

Arguments

none

Returns

A list of the read pipe and the write pipe, each as a file pointer.

Description

This function creates an un-named pipe.

Example

    Gamma> pipe1 = pipe();
    (#<File:"read_pipe"> #<File:"write_pipe">)
    Gamma> pread = car(pipe1);
    #<File:"read_pipe">
    Gamma> pwrite = cadr(pipe1);
    #<File:"write_pipe">
    Gamma> write (pwrite, "This is a test");
    t
    Gamma> read (pread);
    "This is a test"
    Gamma>