import os, time

read_path = "/tmp/pipe.in"
write_path = "/tmp/pipe.out"

if os.path.exists(read_path):
  os.remove(read_path)
if os.path.exists(write_path):
  os.remove(write_path)

os.mkfifo(write_path)
os.mkfifo(read_path)

rf = os.open(read_path, os.O_RDONLY)
wf = os.open(write_path, os.O_SYNC | os.O_CREAT | os.O_RDWR)

while True:
  s = os.read(rf, 1024)
  print "received msg: %s" % s
  if len(s) == 0:
    time.sleep(1)
    continue

  if "exit" in s:
    break

  os.write(wf, s)

os.close(rf)
os.close(wf)

import os
import time

write_path = "/tmp/pipe.in"
read_path = "/tmp/pipe.out"

wf = os.open(write_path, os.O_SYNC | os.O_CREAT | os.O_RDWR)
rf = None

for i in range(1, 11):
  msg = "msg " + str(i)
  len_send = os.write(wf, msg)
  print "sent msg: %s" % msg

  if rf is None:
    rf = os.open(read_path, os.O_RDONLY)

  s = os.read(rf, 1024)
  if len(s) == 0:
    break
  print "received msg: %s" % s

  time.sleep(1)

os.write(wf, 'exit')

os.close(rf)
os.close(wf)