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Node.js IO pipes with c++ child_process
const { execFile } = require('child_process');
const child = execFile('child-cpp');
process.stdin.setEncoding('utf8');
process.stdin.on('readable', () => {
const chunk = process.stdin.read();
if (chunk !== null) {
//parent.stdin as child.stdin;
child.stdin.write(chunk);
}
});
//child.stdout to parent stdout
child.stdout.on('data', (chunk) => {
process.stdout.write(chunk);
});
#include <iostream>
int main()
{
double result = 0, input = 0;
while(std::cout<<"input: " && std::cin >> input){
if (input == 0) return 0;
result += input;
std::cout<<"result: "<<result<<std::endl;
}
return 0;
}
$> node parent.js
-----------------
input: 2
result: 2
input: 3
result: 5
input: 6
result: 11
input:
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ghost commented Dec 10, 2021

thx random ppl on the internet

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