differentiate between named & unnamed pipe.

Answer Posted / zee

PIPE : PIPE IS AN INTER PROCESS COMMUNICATION.
PIPE IS NOTHING BUT PASSING INFORMATION FROM ONE
PROCESS PROGRAM TO ANOTHER PROCESS.
PIPE CONSISTS OF TWO TYPES
NAMED PIPE
UNNAMED PIPE

NAMED PIPE:NAMED PIPE IS AN UNRELATED PROCESS
NAMED PIPE USES FIFO OPERATION
IT IS CREATED BY USING mkfifo
IT IS BIDIRECTIONAL
IT EXISTS IN FILE SYSTEM WITH A GIVEN FILE NAME

UNNAMED PIPE:UNNAMED PIPE IS A RELATED PROCESS
IT IS CREATED BY SHELL AUTOMATICALLY
IT IS UNIDIRECTIONAL
IT EXISTS IN KERNAL

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