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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man2/pipe.2 b/static/openbsd/man2/pipe.2 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..da192bbf --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man2/pipe.2 @@ -0,0 +1,147 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: pipe.2,v 1.20 2025/08/04 17:34:07 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: pipe.2,v 1.6 1995/02/27 12:35:27 cgd Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)pipe.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: August 4 2025 $ +.Dt PIPE 2 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm pipe , +.Nm pipe2 +.Nd create descriptor pair for interprocess communication +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In unistd.h +.Ft int +.Fn pipe "int fildes[2]" +.In fcntl.h +.In unistd.h +.Ft int +.Fn pipe2 "int fildes[2]" "int flags" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn pipe +function creates a +.Em pipe , +which is an object allowing unidirectional data flow, +and allocates a pair of file descriptors. +The first descriptor connects to the +.Em read end +of the pipe, +and the second connects to the +.Em write end , +so that data written to +.Fa fildes[1] +appears on (i.e., can be read from) +.Fa fildes[0] . +This allows the output of one program to be sent to another program: +the source's standard output is set up to be the write end of the pipe, +and the sink's standard input is set up to be the read end of the pipe. +The pipe itself persists until all its associated descriptors are closed. +.Pp +A pipe whose read or write end has been closed is considered +.Em widowed . +Writing on such a pipe causes the writing process to receive a +.Dv SIGPIPE +signal. +Widowing a pipe is the only way to deliver end-of-file to a reader: +after the reader consumes any buffered data, reading a widowed pipe +returns a zero count. +.Pp +The +.Fn pipe2 +function is identical to +.Fn pipe +except that the non-blocking I/O mode, +close-on-exec flag, +and close-on-fork flag of both new file descriptors are determined by the +.Dv O_NONBLOCK , O_CLOEXEC , +and +.Dv O_CLOFORK +flags in the +.Fa flags +argument, respectively. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +.Rv -std +.Sh ERRORS +.Fn pipe +and +.Fn pipe2 +will succeed unless: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EMFILE +Too many descriptors are active. +.It Bq Er ENFILE +The system file table is full. +.It Bq Er EFAULT +The +.Fa fildes +buffer is in an invalid area of the process's address space. +.El +.Pp +In addition, +.Fn pipe2 +may return the following error: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EINVAL +.Fa flags +is invalid. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr sh 1 , +.Xr fork 2 , +.Xr read 2 , +.Xr socketpair 2 , +.Xr write 2 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn pipe +and +.Fn pipe2 +functions conform to +.St -p1003.1-2024 . +.Pp +As an extension, the pipe provided is actually capable of moving +data bidirectionally. +This is compatible with SVR4. +However, this is non-POSIX behaviour which should not be relied on, +for reasons of portability. +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Fn pipe +function call appeared in +.At v3 . +Since +.At v4 , +it allocates two distinct file descriptors. +The +.Fn pipe2 +function appeared in +.Ox 5.7 . |
