inter process communication.

[mooi-kuan]

Hi Forum experts, can you tell me what is Inter Process communication. I hope you can show me an example of programming.

Thank you.

[Dan Hetzel · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Interprocess communication allows a process to communicate with another process on the same host or a remote host via system calls that access communication connection entities called sockets.

Here is a document that could help you understanding the mechanism of Berkeley Sockets:
http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90136/00/00/1-con.html
or in pdf format:
http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/pdf/B2355-90136.pdf

Best regards,

Dan

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

Inter Process Communication is commonly referred to as simply "IPC". IPC is the exchange of data between two or more processes.

TCP/IP Sockets, shared memory and semaphores all represent IPC facilites.

...JRF...