Experiment 8
Q1Establish Interprocess communication (IPC) using named pipe.
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main(){
int pid, fd1, fd2;
char buffer[20];
mkfifo("my_Pipe", 0666);
pid=fork();
if(pid > 0){
//Parent Section
fd1=open("my_Pipe", O_WRONLY);
write(fd1, "Hello Child Process\n",20);
if(pid==0){
//Child section
fd2=open("my_Pipe", O_RDONLY);
read(fd2, buffer, 20);
printf("%s", buffer);
}
return 0;
Output:
Code:
Q2.Establish Interprocess communication (IPC) using message passing
technique.
Code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/ipc.h>
#include <sys/msg.h>
#include <unistd.h>
struct message {
long msg_type;
char msg_text[100];
};
int main() {
key_t key;
int msgid;
struct message msg;
key = ftok("/tmp", 'a');
// Create a message queue
msgid = msgget(key, 0666 | IPC_CREAT);
if (msgid == -1) {
perror("msgget");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
// Create a child process
pid_t child_pid = fork();
if (child_pid == -1) {
perror("fork");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
if (child_pid == 0) {
// Child process
printf("Child process is waiting for a message...\n");
msgrcv(msgid, &msg, sizeof(msg), 1, 0);
printf("Child received: %s", msg.msg_text);
} else {
// Parent process
printf("Parent process is sending a message...\n");
msg.msg_type = 1;
strcpy(msg.msg_text, "Hello from the parent!");
msgsnd(msgid, &msg, sizeof(msg), 0);
msgctl(msgid, IPC_RMID, NULL);
return 0;
Output:
Q3.Establish Interprocess communication (IPC) Message queue Technique.
Code
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/ipc.h>
#include <sys/msg.h>
#include <unistd.h>
struct message {
long msg_type;
char msg_text[100];
};
int main() {
key_t key;
int msgid;
struct message msg;
key = ftok("/tmp", 'a');
msgid = msgget(key, 0666 | IPC_CREAT);
strcpy(msg.msg_text, "Hello from the sender!");
msg.msg_type = 1;
if (msgsnd(msgid, &msg, sizeof(msg.msg_text), 0) == -1) {
perror("msgsnd");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
printf("Message sent: %s\n", msg.msg_text);
if (msgrcv(msgid, &msg, sizeof(msg.msg_text), 1, 0) == -1) {
perror("msgrcv");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
printf("Message received: %s\n", msg.msg_text);
if (msgctl(msgid, IPC_RMID, NULL) == -1) {
perror("msgctl");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
return 0;
Output:
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MEDHANSH ALOK ASHISH SIR
VARSHA
