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   | #include <sys/socket.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <assert.h> #include <string.h>
  static const int CONTROL_LEN = CMSG_LEN(sizeof(int));
  void send_fd(int fd, int fd_to_send) {   struct iovec iov[1];      struct msghdr msg;     char buf[0];
      iov[0].iov_base = buf;     iov[0].iov_len = 1;     msg.msg_name = NULL;     msg.msg_namelen= 0;     msg.msg_iov = iov;     msg.msg_iovlen = 1;          cmsghdr cm;     cm.cmsg_len = CONTROL_LEN;     cm.cmsg_level = SOL_SOCKET;     cm.cmsg_type = SCM_RIGHTS;     *(int *)CMSG_DATA(&cm) = fd_to_send;          msg.msg_control = &cm;      msg.msg_controllen = CONTROL_LEN;
      sendmsg(fd, &msg, 0); }
  int recv_fd(int fd) {     struct iovec iov[1];     struct msghdr msg;     char buf[0];
      iov[0].iov_base = buf;     iov[0].iov_len = 1;     msg.msg_name = NULL;     msg.msg_namelen = 0;     msg.msg_iov = iov;     msg.msg_iovlen = 1;
      cmsghdr cm;     msg.msg_control = &cm;     msg.msg_controllen = CONTROL_LEN;
      recvmsg(fd, &msg, 0);
      int fd_to_read = *(int *)CMSG_DATA(&cm);     return fd_to_read; }
  int main() {     int pipefd[2];     int fd_to_pass = 0;          int ret = socketpair(PF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM, 0, pipefd);     assert(ret != -1);
      pid_t pid = fork();     assert(pid >= 0);
      if (pid == 0) {          close(pipefd[0]);         fd_to_pass = open("test.txt", O_RDWR, 0666);                  send_fd(pipefd[1], (fd_to_pass > 0) ? fd_to_pass : 0);         close(fd_to_pass);         exit(0);     }
      close(pipefd[1]);      fd_to_pass = recv_fd(pipefd[0]);     char buf[1024];     memset(buf, '\0', 1024);     read(fd_to_pass, buf, 1024);     printf("I got fd %d and data %s\n", fd_to_pass, buf);     close(fd_to_pass); }
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