Shared memory between 2 processes (applications)

Question

I can\'t find any useful answer for this question, although it has been asked in a different way several times.

I want to share a memory between two processes (two d

Answer 1

Use a named pipe.

It's a mechanism that allows one process to write sequential data into a stream, from which the other process can read.

Note that named pipe only allow sequential read. If you need to use more elaborated queries, you might want to use client-server architecture. In this case, the reader process queries the other process for information using network sockets.