Re: [asio-users] tuntap or named pipe support?

[Hal F. <ha...@ha...>]

Armen,

I believe the posix::stream_descriptor class is provided for that
purpose. There is an example in the standard boot distribution:
boost_asio/example/chat/posix_chat_client.cpp

 -Hal

On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 18:34 -0400, Armen Babikyan wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am writing a system that ferries packets between a tuntap device (e.g. 
> /dev/net/tun) and several sockets, and am currently evaluating several 
> C++ asynchronous networking tools for the job, including boost::asio.
> 
> While I see that boost::asio has extensive support for network/local 
> sockets and some character devices like serial ports, I haven't seen 
> explicit support for other file-like devices, such as named pipes or 
> other character devices (like tuntap).  Is most of the support merely 
> implicit and the no one has tried using it, or are there other 
> implementation gotchas I should keep in mind before proceeding?
> 
> Better yet, are there any open source projects that are using 
> boost::asio together with named pipes, tuntap devices, or something 
> similar that I may have overlooked?
> 
> Any feedback is greatly appreciated.  Thanks!
> 
> Armen
>