Archer-01/Minitalk

Small data exchange between two programs using UNIX signals

Minitalk

A small data exchange using UNIX signals

Normal version

• Minitalk is a set of two programs, a client and a server

Description

1. Client

• The client program takes two arguments:
  • The server PID (Process ID)
  • The message to send to the server

2. Server

• The server program takes no arguments

Note

• This version (Normal version) does not handle Ctrl + C when sending unicode characters

Usage

git clone --recurse-submodule https://github.com/Archer-01/Minitalk.git
cd Minitalk
make

Demo

Bonus version

Description

• Behaves just like the normal version but also handles Ctrl + C when sending unicode characters

Usage

git clone --recurse-submodule https://github.com/Archer-01/Minitalk.git
cd Minitalk
git checkout bonus
make

Demo