luaposix 36.3 Reference

## fork.lua

    #! /usr/bin/env lua

    local M = require 'posix.unistd'

    local r,w = M.pipe()
    local childpid = M.fork()
    if childpid == 0 then
       -- child reads from pipe
       M.close(w)  -- close unused write end

       local b = M.read(r, 1)
       while #b == 1 do
          -- got a byte from the pipe, write it to stdout
          io.write(b)
          b = M.read(r, 1)
       end
       M.close(r)
       M._exit(0)

    else
       -- parent writes to pipe
       M.close(r) -- close unused read end

       -- write the bytes for the child process to the pipe
       M.write(w,'hello dolly\n')
       M.close(w)
       -- wait for child to finish
       require 'posix.sys.wait'.wait(childpid)
    end

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