| nn_ipc(7) |
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| NAME |
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| nn_ipc - inter-process transport mechanism |
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| SYNOPSIS |
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| *#include <nanomsg/nn.h>* |
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| *#include <nanomsg/ipc.h>* |
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| DESCRIPTION |
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| Inter-process transport allows for sending messages between processes within |
| a single box. The implementation uses native IPC mechanism provided by the local |
| operating system and the IPC addresses are thus OS-specific. |
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| On POSIX-compliant systems, UNIX domain sockets are used and IPC addresses are |
| file references. Note that both relative (ipc://test.ipc) and absolute |
| (ipc:///tmp/test.ipc) paths may be used. Also note that access rights on the IPC |
| files must be set in such a way that the appropriate applications can actually |
| use them. |
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| On Windows, named pipes are used for IPC. IPC address is an arbitrary |
| case-insensitive string containing any character except for backslash. |
| Internally, address ipc://test means that named pipe \\.\pipe\test will be used. |
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| EXAMPLE |
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| nn_bind (s1, "ipc:///tmp/test.ipc"); |
| nn_connect (s2, "ipc:///tmp/test.ipc"); |
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| SEE ALSO |
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| linknanomsg:nn_inproc[7] |
| linknanomsg:nn_tcp[7] |
| linknanomsg:nn_bind[3] |
| linknanomsg:nn_connect[3] |
| linknanomsg:nanomsg[7] |
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| AUTHORS |
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| Martin Sustrik <sustrik@250bpm.com> |
