42cursus

Pipex

Inside this repository, you can see all the code that has been created for the Pipex project, including the mandatory part and the bonus part.

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Final score

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Mandatory

Code a program, in C, that reproduces, in C, the behavior of the character pipe in the unix system and redirect some file descriptors.

Usage

$>./pipex infile cmd1 cmdN outfile

• infile: a existing file to use as input for our program.
• cmd1: first unix command.
• cmd2: second unix command.
• outfile: a file to redirect the result of the last command.

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Bonus

The program must handle multiple pipelines and support heredoc function.

Multiple pipes usage

./pipex_bonus infile cmd1 cmdN outfile

• infile: a existing file to use as input for our program.
• cmd1: first unix command.
• cmdN: N unix command.
• outfile: a file to redirect the result of the last command.

Heredoc usage

./pipex_bonus here_doc LIMITER cmd1 cmdN outfile

• LIMITER: a string to finish the append process.
You can also create and run any map, if it follows the requirements.
• cmd1: first unix command.
• cmdN: N unix command.
• outfile: a file to redirect the result of the last command.

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Instructions to use

Clone this repository in you local computer using a terminal:

• $> git clone [email protected]:GiovannaCoqueiro/42cursus-pipex.git [repository_local]

After cloning the project in your local reposiory you can run some commands you can find in Makefile:

• $> make all: or just make compiles the project
• $> make clean: deletes the object files created during compilation
• $> make fclean: executes the clean command and also deletes the binary created
• $> make re: executes the fclean command followed by the all command
• $> make bonus: compiles the project
• $> make re: executes the fclean command followed by the rebonus command