#include<unistd.h>
#include<stdio.h>

int main(){

	// make a pipe
	int pipe_fds[2]; // read end is pipe_fds[0], write end is pipe_fds[1]
	pipe(pipe_fds); 
		
	// put something into the pipe
	write(pipe_fds[1], "snake", 5);
	write(pipe_fds[1], "lemon", 6); // This one adds a null terminator
	
	// read it back out of the pipe
	char buffer[16] = "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa";
	read(pipe_fds[0], buffer, 16);


	printf("Read \"%s\" from the pipe\n", buffer);	

	for(int i = 0; i < 100; i++) // Hangs with i < 100000
		write(pipe_fds[1], "spider", 6);

	char big_buffer[1024*1024];
	read(pipe_fds[0], big_buffer, 1024*1024);
	printf("Read %s from the pipe\n", big_buffer);

	return 0;
}