/* mpx-select.c -- reads input from pipes p1, p2 using select() for multiplexing */ #include #include #include #include #include int main(void) { int fds[2]; char buf[4096]; int i, rc, maxfd; fd_set watchset; /* fds to read from */ fd_set inset; /* updated by select() */ /* open both pipes */ if ((fds[0] = open("p1", O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK)) < 0) { perror("open p1"); return 1; } if ((fds[1] = open("p2", O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK)) < 0) { perror("open p2"); return 1; } /* start off reading from both file descriptors */ FD_ZERO(&watchset); FD_SET(fds[0], &watchset); FD_SET(fds[1], &watchset); /* find the maximum file descriptor */ maxfd = fds[0] > fds[1] ? fds[0] : fds[1]; /* while we're watching one of fds[0] or fds[1] */ while (FD_ISSET(fds[0], &watchset) || FD_ISSET(fds[1], &watchset)) { /* we copy watchset here because select() updates it */ inset = watchset; if (select(maxfd + 1, &inset, NULL, NULL, NULL) < 0) { perror("select"); return 1; } /* check to see which file descriptors are ready to be read from */ for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) { if (FD_ISSET(fds[i], &inset)) { /* fds[i] is ready for reading, go ahead... */ rc = read(fds[i], buf, sizeof(buf) - 1); if (rc < 0) { perror("read"); return 1; } else if (!rc) { /* this pipe has been closed, don't try to read from it again */ close(fds[i]); FD_CLR(fds[i], &watchset); } else { buf[rc] = '\0'; printf("read: %s", buf); } } } } return 0; }