o:$YARD::CodeObjects::MethodObject: @name: pipe:@docstringIC:YARD::Docstring"Creates a pair of pipe endpoints (connected to each other) and returns them as a two-element array of IO objects: [ read_file, write_file ]. Not available on all platforms. In the example below, the two processes close the ends of the pipe that they are not using. This is not just a cosmetic nicety. The read end of a pipe will not generate an end of file condition if there are any writers with the pipe still open. In the case of the parent process, the rd.read will never return if it does not first issue a wr.close. rd, wr = IO.pipe if fork wr.close puts "Parent got: <#{rd.read}>" rd.close Process.wait else rd.close puts "Sending message to parent" wr.write "Hi Dad" wr.close end produces: Sending message to parent Parent got: : @objectu:YARD::StubProxy IO.pipe: @summary0: @all"¢Creates a pair of pipe endpoints (connected to each other) and returns them as a two-element array of IO objects: [ read_file, write_file ]. Not available on all platforms. In the example below, the two processes close the ends of the pipe that they are not using. This is not just a cosmetic nicety. The read end of a pipe will not generate an end of file condition if there are any writers with the pipe still open. In the case of the parent process, the rd.read will never return if it does not first issue a wr.close. rd, wr = IO.pipe if fork wr.close puts "Parent got: <#{rd.read}>" rd.close Process.wait else rd.close puts "Sending message to parent" wr.write "Hi Dad" wr.close end produces: Sending message to parent Parent got: @overload pipe @return [Array]:@ref_tags[: @tags[o:YARD::Tags::OverloadTag ; u; IO.pipe;;;IC; " ; u; IO.pipe; 0; "@return [Array];[;[o:YARD::Tags::Tag ; 0;0: @types[" Array: @text":@tag_name" return;0:@parameters[;0:@signature" pipe;" overload:@current_file_has_commentsF: @scope: class;[:@docstring_extra0: @files[[" io.c0:@namespaceu; IO: @path" IO.pipe;[:@visibility: public: @source"‘/* * call-seq: * IO.pipe -> array * * Creates a pair of pipe endpoints (connected to each other) and * returns them as a two-element array of IO objects: * [ read_file, write_file ]. Not * available on all platforms. * * In the example below, the two processes close the ends of the pipe * that they are not using. This is not just a cosmetic nicety. The * read end of a pipe will not generate an end of file condition if * there are any writers with the pipe still open. In the case of the * parent process, the rd.read will never return if it * does not first issue a wr.close. * * rd, wr = IO.pipe * * if fork * wr.close * puts "Parent got: <#{rd.read}>" * rd.close * Process.wait * else * rd.close * puts "Sending message to parent" * wr.write "Hi Dad" * wr.close * end * * produces: * * Sending message to parent * Parent got: */ static VALUE rb_io_s_pipe(klass) VALUE klass; { #ifndef __human68k__ int pipes[2], state; VALUE r, w, args[3]; #ifdef _WIN32 if (_pipe(pipes, 1024, O_BINARY) == -1) #else if (pipe(pipes) == -1) #endif rb_sys_fail(0); args[0] = klass; args[1] = INT2NUM(pipes[0]); args[2] = INT2FIX(O_RDONLY); r = rb_protect(io_new_instance, (VALUE)args, &state); if (state) { close(pipes[0]); close(pipes[1]); rb_jump_tag(state); } args[1] = INT2NUM(pipes[1]); args[2] = INT2FIX(O_WRONLY); w = rb_protect(io_new_instance, (VALUE)args, &state); if (state) { close(pipes[1]); if (!NIL_P(r)) rb_io_close(r); rb_jump_tag(state); } rb_io_synchronized(RFILE(w)->fptr); return rb_assoc_new(r, w); #else rb_notimplement(); return Qnil; /* not reached */ #endif }:@source_type:c