working named pipe and pipe simple with c and golang

named_pipe/main.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+// createNamedPipe creates a named pipe (FIFO)
+func createNamedPipe(pipeName string) error {
+	err := syscall.Mkfifo(pipeName, 0666)
+	if err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func main() {
+	// Create a named pipe (FIFO)
+	pipeName := "my_pipe"
+	err := createNamedPipe(pipeName)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error creating named pipe:", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Open the named pipe for writing
+	pipe, err := os.OpenFile(pipeName, os.O_WRONLY, os.ModeNamedPipe)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error opening named pipe for writing:", err)
+		return
+	}
+	defer pipe.Close()
+
+	// Write data to the named pipe
+	message := "Hello from the writer program!"
+	_, err = pipe.WriteString(message)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error writing to named pipe:", err)
+		return
+	}
+}