NAME pipe - create pipe SYNOPSIS #include int pipe(int filedes[2]); DESCRIPTION pipe creates a pair of file descriptors, pointing to a pipe inode, and places them in the array pointed to by filedes. filedes[0] is for reading, filedes[1] is for writing. RETURN VALUE On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately. ERRORS EMFILE Too many file descriptors are in use by the pro- cess. ENFILE The system file table is full. EFAULT filedes is not valid. SEE ALSO read(2), write(2), fork(2), socketpair(2)