#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
int
main( int argc, char **argv)
{
int pfds[ 2], i;
size_t pbytrd;
pid_t childpid;
char buffer[ 200];
pipe( pfds);
if( ( childpid = fork() ) == -1)
{
perror( "fork error: ");
exit( 1);
}
else if( childpid == 0)
{
close( pfds[ 0]);
dup2( pfds[1], 1);
close( pfds[ 1]);
for( i = 0; i < 10; i++)
printf("Hello...");
execlp( "xterm","xterm","-e","./sample_a", (char *) 0);
exit( 0);
}
else
{
close( pfds[ 1]);
for( ; ; )
{
if( ( pbytrd = read( pfds[ 0], buffer, sizeof( buffer) ) ) == -1)
{
perror(" read error: ");
exit( 1);
}
else if( pbytrd == 0)
{
write( fileno( stdout), "Cannot read from pipe...\n", strlen( "Cannot read from pipe...\n") );
exit( 0);
}
else
{
write( fileno( stdout), "MESSAGE: ", strlen( "MESSAGE: ") );
write( fileno( stdout), buffer, pbytrd);
}
}
}
return( 0);
}
My sample_a.c code is below:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
int
main( int argc, char **argv)
{
int i;
for( i= 0; i< 10; i++)
write( fileno( stdout), "Hello...", strlen( "Hello...") );
return( 0);
}
In the above code, what I really want to do is: 1) Redirect output from the child process to pipe and have parent read from the pipe and print it out to stdout.
I am able to redirect child process output( "printf") from stdout to the pipe but I am not able to redirect execlp's child process, xterm, output to the pipe.
Can anybody help me this?