This project is about handling pipes in C.
| Program name | pipex |
|---|---|
| Turn in files: | Makefile, *.h, *.c |
| Makefile : | NAME, all, clean, fclean, re |
| Arguments: | file1 cmd1 cmd2 file2 |
| External functions: | ft_printf, open, close, read, write, malloc, free, perror, strerror, access, dup, dup2, execve, exit, fork, pipe, unlink, wait, waitpid |
| Libft authorized | Yes |
| Description: | This project is about handling pipes. |
The program will be executed as follows:
./pipex file1 cmd1 cmd2 file2
It must take 4 arguments:
• file1 and file2 are file names.
• cmd1 and cmd2 are shell commands with their parameters.
It must behave exactly the same as the shell command below:
$> < file1 cmd1 | cmd2 > file2
For example:
$> ./pipex infile "ls -l" "wc -l" outfile
Should behave like:
< infile ls -l | wc -l > outfile
- We have to turn in a Makefile which will compile the source files. It must not relink.
- We have to handle errors thoroughly. In no way the program should quit unexpectedly (segmentation fault, bus error, double free)
- The program mustn’t have memory leaks.
- If there is any doubt, handle the errors like the shell command:
< file1 cmd1 | cmd2 > file2