On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Arun raj <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello All, > > I want to use the file descriptor opened by application_1 in another > application_2, i.e > > ./application_1 : > main() > { > fd_1 = open( file ); > return fd_1; > } > > ./application_2 fd_1 > main() > { > ret = read( fd_1 ); > return fd; > } > > My concern is once application_1 main returns all open fds will be closed > right ?
Right. So better try to fork a new process or create a new thread, that way you may share the same fd between them. Once you have the fd, do whatever you want to do with it. Si this what you want ? HTH > > Thanks in advance . > > Thanks, > A.R > > -- Pradeep -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
