Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 18:57:45 PST From: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com> To: Bill Paul <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: descriptors and sockets and pipes, oh my Message-ID: <96Nov23.185755pst.177557@crevenia.parc.xerox.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 23 Nov 96 10:02:10 PST." <199611231802.NAA05597@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu>
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In message <199611231802.NAA05597@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> you write:
>Does anyone have a source code example handy of passing a file
>descriptor from one process to anyther via an AF_UNIX socket?
_Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment_ provides an
example for 4.4 ("4.3+"). The source tar is available from
http://www.noao.edu/~rstevens.
>Also, is it possible to
>pass descriptors between totally unrelated processes, or must
>they be parent and child?
The only requirement for their relationship is that they have an
AF_UNIX socket open between them.
Bill
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