fork()-exec() vs socktes

Nagesh Pabbisetty Pabbisetty.henr at xerox.com
Tue Mar 14 00:13:42 AEST 1989


> sockets would replace the pipe, not fork and exec

Sorry about the wrong phrasing of the question. I want to know the pros and
cons of using pipes over sockets for interprocess communication.

Thanks to jvc!jonathan at uunet.UU.NET and wen-king at csvax.caltech.edu for
setting me straight.


Nagesh
716-427-1827 / 5458



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