foreign-c-libraries/retropikzel/named-pipes

Named pipe library built upon (foreign c).

Caveats

Does not yet work on Chibi.

Documentation

(create-pipe path mode)

Path is the location you want the pipe to be. mode is filemode as number, for example 0755.

(open-input-pipe path)

Opens input pipe in path and returns it.

(input-pipe? object)

Returns #t if given object is input pipe, #f otherwise.

(open-output-pipe path)

Opens output pipe in path and returns it.

(output-pipe? object)

Returns #t if given object is output pipe, #f otherwise.

(pipe-read-u8 pipe)

Read u8 byte from given pipe. Errors if pipe is not input pipe.

(pipe-write-u8 pipe)

Writes u8 byte into given pipe. Errros if pipe is not output pipe.

(pipe-read-char pipe)

Read character from given pipe. Errors if pipe is not input pipe.

(pipe-write-char pipe)

Write character into given pipe. Errors if pipe is not output pipe.

(pipe-read-string count pipe)

Read string of length count or until enf of file from given pipe. Errors if pipe is not input pipe.

(pipe-write-string text pipe)

Write string text into given pipe. Errors if pipe is not output pipe.

(pipe-read pipe)

Read from given pipe. Errors if pipe is not input pipe.

(pipe-read-line pipe)

Read line or until end of file from given pipe. Does not block. Errors if pipe is not input pipe.

(close-pipe pipe)

Closes given pipe.