First-in-first-out (fifo), Operating System

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FIFO is named as 'named pipes'. FIFO (first-in-first-out) is a special file which is laid to be data transient. Once data is load from named pipe, it cannot be load again. Also, data can be load only in the order written. It is used in interprocess interaction where a program writes to one end of the producer and the other loads from the consumer.

Make special files like device files and named pipes

The system call mknod makes special files in the giving sequence.

1.   kernel give new inode,

2.   sets the file type to locate that the file is a directory, pipe or special file,

3.   If it is a machine file, it creates the other entries like minor, major device numbers.

 

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