(pipe) ( -- pipe )
Pipes

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Vocabulary
io.pipes

Inputs
None

Outputs

pipe

a pipe

Word description
Opens a new pipe. This is a low-level word; the <pipe> and run-pipeline words can be used in most cases instead.

Definition

USING: io.backend ;

IN: io.pipes

HOOK: (pipe) io-backend ( -- pipe )

Methods

USING: alien.c-types alien.data io.backend.unix io.pipes kernel
libc sequences system unix.ffi ;

M: unix (pipe)
    2 int <c-array>
    [ pipe io-error ] [ first2 [ <fd> init-fd ] bi@ pipe boa ]
    bi ;