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`std.process.Pipe/pipe` - multiple declarations

Function pipe

Creates a unidirectional pipe.


						
				Pipe pipe() @trusted;
				

				

				Pipe pipe() @trusted;

Data is written to one end of the pipe and read from the other.

auto p = pipe();
p.writeEnd.writeln("Hello World");
p.writeEnd.flush();
assert(p.readEnd.readln().chomp() == "Hello World");

Pipes can, for example, be used for interprocess communication by spawning a new process and passing one end of the pipe to the child, while the parent uses the other end. (See also pipeProcess and pipeShell for an easier way of doing this.)

// Use cURL to download the dlang.org front page, pipe its
// output to grep to extract a list of links to ZIP files,
// and write the list to the file "D downloads.txt":
auto p = pipe();
auto outFile = File("D downloads.txt", "w");
auto cpid = spawnProcess(["curl", "http://dlang.org/download.html"],
                         stdin, p.writeEnd);
scope(exit) wait(cpid);
auto gpid = spawnProcess(["grep", "-o", `http://\S*\.zip`],
                         p.readEnd, outFile);
scope(exit) wait(gpid);

Returns

A Pipe object that corresponds to the created pipe.

Throws

StdioException on failure.

Struct Pipe

An interface to a pipe created by the pipe function.


						
				struct Pipe
				;

Properties

Name	Type	Description
`readEnd`[get]	`File`	The read end of the pipe.
`writeEnd`[get]	`File`	The write end of the pipe.

Methods

Name	Description
`close`	Closes both ends of the pipe.

Authors

Lars Tandle Kyllingstad, Steven Schveighoffer, Vladimir Panteleev

License

Boost License 1.0.