Re: Threads/IPC/???

[Ed Kutrzyba <kutrzyba airborne nrl navy mil>]

Well,

I finally figured it out. PIPES do not work well with formatted i/o. 
The only way to reliably do IPC is with read/write and variants 
(g_io_channel_read_chars (), g_io_channel_write_chars ()).  I guess this 
may be common knowledge, but I discovered the long hard way.

Thanks everybody,
Ed

Gus Koppel wrote:
> Ed Kutrzyba wrote:
>
>
> > I am developing an application that controls a "Data  Collection
> > System".  I used glade and anjuta for my GUI and C backend control coding.
> >  My program works great, but I need to add some extra backround tasks:
> >
> > 1) I need to run a script (perl or bash) on demand without interfering
> > with my program.  i.e. the script runs in the background so GTK is still
> > responsive.
>
>
> http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/glib/glib-Spawning-Processes.html#g-spawn-async
>  
>
> > 2) I need to spawn a task to perform some background operations.  i.e.
> > get time from an add in board, arm and disarm an interrupt routine that
> > time tags an external signal -- need to start and stop this on demand.
> >
> > What is the best way to do this?
>
>
> http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/glib/glib-Spawning-Processes.html#g-spawn-async-with-pipes
>
> In general, see:
> http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/glib/glib-Spawning-Processes.html
>
>
> > I have some code from the vendor to control the add in board, I just
> > need to massage it to fit into my app, my way.
>
>
> See also:
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-app-devel-list/2004-April/msg00171.html
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