Key Terms and Concepts

bzero library function

dup system call

dup2 system call

FIFO

memset library function

mkdir library function

mkfifo library function

mknod command

mknod system call

named pipe

O_NDELAY flag

O_NOBLOCK flag

pclose library function

pipe

pipe system call

PIPE_BUF

PIPE_SIZE

popen I/O function

private FIFO

public FIFO

read system call

tee command

unnamed pipe

write system call