/**
* Creates an interprocess channel
* @param blocking creates an asynchronous pipe if set to GNUNET_NO
+ * @param inherit_read 1 to make read handle inheritable, 0 otherwise (NT only)
+ * @param inherit_write 1 to make write handle inheritable, 0 otherwise (NT only)
* @return handle to the new pipe, NULL on error
*/
-struct GNUNET_DISK_PipeHandle *GNUNET_DISK_pipe (int blocking);
+struct GNUNET_DISK_PipeHandle *GNUNET_DISK_pipe (int blocking,
+ int inherit_read,
+ int inherit_write);
/**
* If a scheduler does not need to be used, GNUNET_DISK_directory_scan
* may provide a simpler API.
*
- * @param sched scheduler to use
* @param prio priority to use
* @param dirName the name of the directory
* @param callback the method to call for each file
* @param callback_cls closure for callback
*/
-void GNUNET_DISK_directory_iterator_start (struct GNUNET_SCHEDULER_Handle
- *sched,
- enum GNUNET_SCHEDULER_Priority
+void GNUNET_DISK_directory_iterator_start (enum GNUNET_SCHEDULER_Priority
prio, const char *dirName,
GNUNET_DISK_DirectoryIteratorCallback
callback, void *callback_cls);
*/
int GNUNET_DISK_file_sync (const struct GNUNET_DISK_FileHandle *h);
+/**
+ * Creates a named pipe/FIFO and opens it
+ * @param fn pointer to the name of the named pipe or to NULL
+ * @param flags open flags
+ * @param perm access permissions
+ * @return pipe handle on success, NULL on error
+ */
+struct GNUNET_DISK_FileHandle *GNUNET_DISK_npipe_create (char **fn,
+ enum GNUNET_DISK_OpenFlags flags, enum GNUNET_DISK_AccessPermissions perm);
+
+/**
+ * Opens already existing named pipe/FIFO
+ *
+ * @param fn name of an existing named pipe
+ * @param flags open flags
+ * @param perm access permissions
+ * @return pipe handle on success, NULL on error
+ */
+struct GNUNET_DISK_FileHandle *GNUNET_DISK_npipe_open (const char *fn,
+ enum GNUNET_DISK_OpenFlags flags, enum GNUNET_DISK_AccessPermissions perm);
+
+/**
+ * Closes a named pipe/FIFO
+ * @param pipe named pipe
+ * @return GNUNET_OK on success, GNUNET_SYSERR otherwise
+ */
+int GNUNET_DISK_npipe_close (struct GNUNET_DISK_FileHandle *pipe);
+
#if 0 /* keep Emacsens' auto-indent happy */
{
#endif