Table 3.
PaPy's interprocess communication (IPC) methods
Method | OS | Remarks |
---|---|---|
socket | all | Communication, via TCP sockets, between hosts connected within a computer network |
pipes | Unix like | Communication between processes on a single host |
files | all | The file storage location must be accessible by all processes (e.g., over an NFS or Samba share). |
PaPy provides the following direct IPC methods (see also Fig. 4), valid on operating systems as indicated.