luaposix 36.2.1 Reference

fork.lua

#! /usr/bin/env lua

local M = require 'posix.unistd'


local r,w = M.pipe()
local childpid = M.fork()
if childpid == 0 then
   -- child reads from pipe
   M.close(w)  -- close unused write end

   local b = M.read(r, 1)
   while #b == 1 do
      -- got a byte from the pipe, write it to stdout
      io.write(b)
      b = M.read(r, 1)
   end
   M.close(r)
   M._exit(0)

else
   -- parent writes to pipe
   M.close(r) -- close unused read end

   -- write the bytes for the child process to the pipe
   M.write(w,'hello dolly\n')
   M.close(w)
   -- wait for child to finish
   require 'posix.sys.wait'.wait(childpid)
end

luaposix 36.2.1

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fork.lua