/*
** speak.c -- writes into a FIFO
*/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#define FIFO_NAME "american_maid"

int main(void)
{
	char s[300];
	int num, fd;

	mknod(FIFO_NAME, S_IFIFO | 0666, 0);

	printf("waiting for readers...\n");
	fd = open(FIFO_NAME, O_WRONLY);
	printf("got a reader--type some stuff\n");

	while (gets(s), !feof(stdin)) {
		if ((num = write(fd, s, strlen(s))) == -1)
			perror("write");
		else
			printf("speak: wrote %d bytes\n", num);
	}

	return 0;
}