On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 02:20:00PM +0530, krushnaal pai wrote: > i have 2 completely different processes A and B (they do not have any > relationship) > > suppose A opens a file with file descriptor 4 and > B opens another file with file descriptor 5 > > can process A use the fd 5 (i.e using the file object of processs B) by any > means..
You can pass file descriptions using unix sockets. Check "man 7 unix" for instructions. > if suppose i let the fd 4 of process A to point to the file object of > process B(fd 5) > > will it work? No. They will not share the file descriptor (offsets, flags, mode etc. will not be shared). -- Luciano Rocha <luci...@eurotux.com> Eurotux Informática, S.A. <http://www.eurotux.com/>
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