NAMED PIPE READING IMAGE

reader.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import os

NAMED_PIPE = '/tmp/PIPE'

def main():
    if not os.path.exists(NAMED_PIPE):
        os.mkfifo(NAMED_PIPE)


    try:
        while True:
            print "READING DATA..."
            pipe = open(NAMED_PIPE, 'r')
            data = pipe.read()
            print data
    finally:
        pipe.close()
        os.remove(NAMED_PIPE)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

writer.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

NAMED_PIPE = '/tmp/PIPE'

def main():
    with open('rafael_amalia.jpg', 'r') as image:
        pipe = open(NAMED_PIPE, 'w')
        pipe.write(image.read())

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()