Create a temporary FIFO (named pipe) in Python?

Question

How can you create a temporary FIFO (named pipe) in Python? This should work:

import tempfile

temp_file_name = mktemp()
os.mkfifo(temp_file_name)
open(temp_         


        

Answer 1

If it's for use within your program, and not with any externals, have a look at the Queue module. As an added benefit, python queues are thread-safe.