28 Jun
2001
28 Jun
'01
2:15 p.m.
Hi,
I am using fifo / pipes as a means to communicate between 2 processes under linux.
One is a C program and the other is Java.
The probelm I face is that pipes under linux (and I suppose unix in general ) have a limit like 4k of buffer size.
Is there any other alternative like special device drivers etc that would allow me to create fifos but allow for a larger buffer size ?
I had a look at linux devfs and it seemed to me that something like that may exits that would solve my problem, but I am not sure. (http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/docs/devfs.html)
I DONT want to use sockets. They work fine and solve my problem, but I would prefer fifos instead.
Thanks Shahed.