• Enjoys Math (15/15) Dec 14 2017 I share data between two programs. Programs on side A output

Enjoys Math <enjoysmath gmail.com> writes:

I share data between two programs.  Programs on side A output 
.bin files full of doubles like around 19KB each.  And there can 
be between 30 - 100 of these bin files.

I have a thread for each file on the B side, which first checks 
the existence of filename__MUTEX.txt.  If it exist, then a 
program on side A is busy with filename.bin.

The same goes for programs on A side waiting for program on B 
side to finish with the file (reading it).

A -> B  (data flow)

I don't think the easiest solution is sockets.  Those are a pain 
for me because I'm new to them.

Well anyway, threads on side B are crashing because they can't 
find the input file occasionally!

It would be nice to know that my file mutex method is not the 
problem.