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Old 08-23-2008
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Wow! That's some ugly code you got there. Here's the working version:

Code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#define maxsize 1000

char buffer [maxsize];
void client(int readfd,int writefd)
{
   printf ("give pathname: ");
   fflush (stdout);
   fgets (buffer, sizeof (buffer), stdin);

   write(writefd,buffer, sizeof (buffer));
   while (read(readfd,buffer,sizeof(buffer)) > 0)
        printf("%s",buffer);
}

void server(int readfd,int writefd)
{
   FILE * fp;
   char line[1000];

   read(readfd,buffer,sizeof(buffer));
   if (strchr (buffer, '\n'))
        *strchr(buffer, '\n') = '\0';
   fp=fopen(buffer,"r");
   if(fp==NULL)
   {
       strcpy(buffer,"cannot open file");
       write(writefd,buffer,strlen(buffer));
   }
   else
     while(fgets(line,sizeof(line),fp)!=NULL)
       write(writefd,line,sizeof(line));
}

int main()
{
    int pipe1[2],pipe2[2];
    int childpid;
    int status;
    pipe(pipe1);
    pipe(pipe2);
    childpid=fork();
    if(childpid>0)
    {
        close(pipe1[0]);
        close(pipe2[1]);
        client(pipe2[0],pipe1[1]);
        wait(&status);
        exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
        close(pipe1[1]);
        close(pipe2[0]);
        server(pipe1[0],pipe2[1]);
        exit(0);
    }

}

There were several things wrong. Diff to find mistakes.

Hope it helps!