pipe() Source Driver

The pipe source driver opens a named pipe with the specified name and listens for messages. It is used as the native message delivery protocol on HP-UX.

Important Information

Pipe is very similar to the file() driver, but there are a few differences, for example, pipe() opens its argument in read-write mode, therefore it is not recommended to be used on special files like /proc/kmsg. In fact, it is not recommended to use pipe() on anything else than real pipes.

Status

Architecture	Status
x86	Works
ARM	Works

How to Test

To test the pipe() source driver, we can create a pipe using the mkfifo command. The mkfifo command basically lets you create FIFOs (a.k.a named pipes). Following is the syntax of the command:

mkfifo [OPTION]... NAME...

Configuration File Used

@version: 3.31
@include "scl.conf"

source s_pipe {
    pipe("/Users/yash/Documents/myPipe");
};

destination console{
    file(/dev/stdout);
};

log {
    source(s_pipe);
    destination(console);
};

Proof

pipe() source driver tested on macOS (x86)

pipe() source driver tested on macOS (ARM)