CS3502/assignment2/part2/bidirectional.c
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
int main () {
int pipe1[2]; // Parent to child
int pipe2[2]; // Child to parent
// Create both pipes
if (pipe(pipe1) == -1 || pipe(pipe2) == -1) {
fprintf(stderr, "Could not open pipes");
return 1;
}
// Fork process
pid_t pid = fork();
if (pid == 0) {
// Child process
// Close unused pipe ends
close(pipe1[1]) ; // Close write end of pipe1
close(pipe2[0]) ; // Close read end of pipe2
// Read message, send response
char *message = malloc(100);
read(pipe1[0], message, 100);
printf("%s", message);
free(message);
char response[] = "Response from child to parent\n";
write(pipe2[1], response, sizeof(response));
} else {
// Parent process
// Close unused pipe ends
close(pipe1[0]) ; // Close read end of pipe1
close(pipe2[1]) ; // Close write end of pipe2
// Send message, read response
char message[] = "Sending message from parent to child\n";
write(pipe1[1], message, sizeof(message));
char *response = malloc(100);
read(pipe2[0], response, 100);
printf("%s", response);
free(response);
// Wait for child process to terminate
waitpid(pid, NULL, 0);
}
return 0;
}