I/O multiplexing: select, poll and epoll in Linux
1.0 I/O multiplexing I/O multiplexing is the the ability to perform I/O operations on multiple file descriptors. Input operations like read, accept and calls for receiving messages block when there…
Interprocess Communication using Unix Domain Sockets
1.0 Unix Domain Sockets A socket is a communication endpoint at a host computer. The socket API provides calls for communication between processes. The socket system call is, int socket…
D-Bus Tutorial
D-Bus is a mechanism for interprocess communication for Linux systems. D-Bus concepts along with example client-server programs are explained.
POSIX message queues in Linux
POSIX message queue calls for interprocess communication (IPC) between processes are explained with an example of server and client programs in C under Linux.
System V message queues in Linux
1.0 Message queues Message queues are one of the interprocess communication mechanisms available under Linux. Message queues, shared memory and semaphores are normally listed as the three interprocess communication mechanisms…
FIFOs in Linux
1.0 FIFO FIFOs are pipes with a name and are also commonly referred to as named pipes. Pipes are common on Linux command lines but do not have a system-wide…
Remote Display With the X – Window System
X - Window system is a network-transparent window system. X11 server is the display server that manages the output on the bit-mapped display hardware. An application (or client) does the…