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ost::fifostream Class Reference

This class provides a few alterations to the standard fstream class for dealing with fifo devices. More...

#include <file.h>

Inheritance diagram for ost::fifostream:

List of all members.

Public Methods
	fifostream ()
	Create fifo "object", but do not create or open a fifo stream.
	fifostream (const char *fname, long access=(long) attrGroup)
	Create and open a fifo stream object.
virtual	~fifostream ()
	close any open fifo and remove.
void	open (const char *fname, long access=(long) attrGroup)
	open a new fifo stream.
void	close (void)
	close the fifo stream and remove it.

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Detailed Description

This class provides a few alterations to the standard fstream class for dealing with fifo devices.

In particular, a fifo is assumed to be created via mkfifo and is destroyed when closed. The fifo is a r/w streamable object. fifo streams are presumed unique to posix systems and are generally not portable classes.

Todo:

implement in win32

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

ost::fifostream::fifostream (    )

Create fifo "object", but do not create or open a fifo stream.

ost::fifostream::fifostream (  const char *    fname, long    access = (long) attrGroup )

Create and open a fifo stream object. Parameters: fname  name of fifo. access  access flags.

virtual ost::fifostream::~fifostream (    )  [virtual]

close any open fifo and remove.

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Member Function Documentation

void ost::fifostream::close (  void    )

close the fifo stream and remove it.

void ost::fifostream::open (  const char *    fname, long    access = (long) attrGroup )

open a new fifo stream. Kill the currently open one if present. Parameters: fname  name of fifo. access  access flags.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• file.h

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