/usr/lib/swipl/library/ext/clib/unix.pl
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  • ext
    • clib
      • socket.pl -- Network socket (TCP and UDP) library
      • uid.pl -- User and group management on Unix systems
      • unix.pl -- Unix specific operations
        • fork/1
        • fork_exec/1
        • exec/1
        • wait/2
        • kill/2
        • pipe/2
        • dup/2
        • detach_IO/1
        • detach_IO/0
        • prctl/1
        • sysconf/1
      • syslog.pl -- Unix syslog interface
      • memfile.pl
      • time.pl
      • uri.pl -- Process URIs
      • filesex.pl -- Extended operations on files
      • uuid.pl -- Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) Library
      • sha.pl
      • process.pl
      • hash_stream.pl -- Maintain a hash on a stream
      • md5.pl
      • rlimit.pl
      • mallocinfo.pl -- Memory allocation details
      • prolog_stream.pl -- A stream with Prolog callbacks
      • streampool.pl -- Input multiplexing
      • udp_broadcast.pl
      • prolog_server.pl
      • crypt.pl
      • cgi.pl
      • streaminfo.pl
 pipe(-InSream, -OutStream) is det
Create a communication-pipe. This is normally used to make a child communicate to its parent. After pipe/2, the process is cloned and, depending on the desired direction, both processes close the end of the pipe they do not use. Then they use the remaining stream to communicate. Here is a simple example:
:- use_module(library(unix)).

fork_demo(Result) :-
        pipe(Read, Write),
        fork(Pid),
        (   Pid == child
        ->  close(Read),
            format(Write, '~q.~n',
                   [hello(world)]),
            flush_output(Write),
            halt
        ;   close(Write),
            read(Read, Result),
            close(Read)
        ).