Linux Inter Process Communication

Simple examples of Linux IPC

All examples are encapsulated on a docker container

• make build will build the docker image along with all examples
• make start will build and launch the container
• make shell will open a shell within the container. Compiled examples are on the bin/ directory
• make stop stops the container

Suggested order to explore

1. Fork
   1. fork
2. Signals
   1. signal-int
   2. signal-child-wait
   3. signal-child-ignore (not working properly as of now, skip)
   4. signal-child-handle
3. Pipes
   1. pipes
4. FIFOs
   1. fifo-simple.sh
   2. fifo-multiple-writers.sh
   3. fifo-multiple-writers-line-buffered.sh
5. File Locking
   1. flock.sh
   2. flock
6. Memory Mapped Files
   1. shmem
7. Semaphores
   1. semaphore
8. Message Queues
   1. mqueue-sender + mqueue-receiver
9. Unix Sockets
   1. unix-socket-fork
   2. unix-socket-server + unix-socket-client