// +build !windows package fifo import ( "fmt" "io" "os" "golang.org/x/sys/unix" ) // New creates a fifo at the given path, and returns an open function for reading. // The fifo must not exist already, or that it's already a fifo file // // It returns a reader open function that may block until a writer opens // so it's advised to run it in a goroutine different from reader goroutine func New(path string) (func() (io.ReadCloser, error), error) { // create first if err := mkfifo(path, 0600); err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) { return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating fifo %v: %v", path, err) } openFn := func() (io.ReadCloser, error) { return os.OpenFile(path, unix.O_RDONLY, os.ModeNamedPipe) } return openFn, nil } // Open opens a fifo file for reading, assuming it already exists, returns io.WriteCloser func Open(path string) (io.WriteCloser, error) { return os.OpenFile(path, unix.O_WRONLY, os.ModeNamedPipe) } // Remove a fifo that already exists at a given path func Remove(path string) error { return os.Remove(path) } func IsClosedErr(err error) bool { err2, ok := err.(*os.PathError) if ok { return err2.Err == os.ErrClosed } return false } func mkfifo(path string, mode uint32) (err error) { return unix.Mkfifo(path, mode) }