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VIs for using UNIX pipes?

We're going to start working on an application that will eventually run on
a UNIX machine, but in the meantime we'll develop on NT, which is what we're
familiar with. One requirement is to communicate with another process through
a UNIX pipe. Are there VIs built into the UNIX versions of LabVIEW for this?
Or do we just use file I/O VIs? Or is there some other way to accomplish
this?

If there are VIs built in, where is the documentation? I checked the LabVIEW
manuals, but I didn't find anything.

Russell Davoli
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Russell Davoli wrote:

> We're going to start working on an application that will eventually run on
> a UNIX machine, but in the meantime we'll develop on NT, which is what we're
> familiar with. One requirement is to communicate with another process through
> a UNIX pipe. Are there VIs built into the UNIX versions of LabVIEW for this?
> Or do we just use file I/O VIs? Or is there some other way to accomplish
> this?
>
> If there are VIs built in, where is the documentation? I checked the LabVIEW
> manuals, but I didn't find anything.
>
> Russell Davoli

Yes there are VIs for named pipes in UNIX, Open, Close, Read, and Write
They are under the communication palette. Check the online manual in the comm
section.

Kevin (my email is down)
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