static void pipeMode(void) {
    int fd = context->fd;
    long long errors = 0, replies = 0, obuf_len = 0, obuf_pos = 0;
    char ibuf[1024*16], obuf[1024*16]; /* Input and output buffers */
    char aneterr[ANET_ERR_LEN];
    redisReader *reader = redisReaderCreate();
    redisReply *reply;
    int eof = 0; /* True once we consumed all the standard input. */
    int done = 0;
    char magic[20]; /* Special reply we recognize. */
    time_t last_read_time = time(NULL);

    srand(time(NULL));

    /* Use non blocking I/O. */
    if (anetNonBlock(aneterr,fd) == ANET_ERR) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Can't set the socket in non blocking mode: %s\n",
            aneterr);
        exit(1);
    }

    /* Transfer raw protocol and read replies from the server at the same
     * time. */
    while(!done) {
        int mask = AE_READABLE;

        if (!eof || obuf_len != 0) mask |= AE_WRITABLE;
        mask = aeWait(fd,mask,1000);

        /* Handle the readable state: we can read replies from the server. */
        if (mask & AE_READABLE) {
            ssize_t nread;

            /* Read from socket and feed the hiredis reader. */
            do {
                nread = read(fd,ibuf,sizeof(ibuf));
                if (nread == -1 && errno != EAGAIN && errno != EINTR) {
                    fprintf(stderr, "Error reading from the server: %s\n",
                        strerror(errno));
                    exit(1);
                }
                if (nread > 0) {
                    redisReaderFeed(reader,ibuf,nread);
                    last_read_time = time(NULL);
                }
            } while(nread > 0);

            /* Consume replies. */
            do {
                if (redisReaderGetReply(reader,(void**)&reply) == REDIS_ERR) {
                    fprintf(stderr, "Error reading replies from server\n");
                    exit(1);
                }
                if (reply) {
                    if (reply->type == REDIS_REPLY_ERROR) {
                        fprintf(stderr,"%s\n", reply->str);
                        errors++;
                    } else if (eof && reply->type == REDIS_REPLY_STRING &&
                                      reply->len == 20) {
                        /* Check if this is the reply to our final ECHO
                         * command. If so everything was received
                         * from the server. */
                        if (memcmp(reply->str,magic,20) == 0) {
                            printf("Last reply received from server.\n");
                            done = 1;
                            replies--;
                        }
                    }
                    replies++;
                    freeReplyObject(reply);
                }
            } while(reply);
        }

        /* Handle the writable state: we can send protocol to the server. */
        if (mask & AE_WRITABLE) {
            ssize_t loop_nwritten = 0;

            while(1) {
                /* Transfer current buffer to server. */
                if (obuf_len != 0) {
                    ssize_t nwritten = write(fd,obuf+obuf_pos,obuf_len);

                    if (nwritten == -1) {
                        if (errno != EAGAIN && errno != EINTR) {
                            fprintf(stderr, "Error writing to the server: %s\n",
                                strerror(errno));
                            exit(1);
                        } else {
                            nwritten = 0;
                        }
                    }
                    obuf_len -= nwritten;
                    obuf_pos += nwritten;
                    loop_nwritten += nwritten;
                    if (obuf_len != 0) break; /* Can't accept more data. */
                }
                /* If buffer is empty, load from stdin. */
                if (obuf_len == 0 && !eof) {
                    ssize_t nread = read(STDIN_FILENO,obuf,sizeof(obuf));

                    if (nread == 0) {
                        /* The ECHO sequence starts with a "\r\n" so that if there
                         * is garbage in the protocol we read from stdin, the ECHO
                         * will likely still be properly formatted.
                         * CRLF is ignored by Redis, so it has no effects. */
                        char echo[] =
                        "\r\n*2\r\n$4\r\nECHO\r\n$20\r\n01234567890123456789\r\n";
                        int j;

                        eof = 1;
                        /* Everything transferred, so we queue a special
                         * ECHO command that we can match in the replies
                         * to make sure everything was read from the server. */
                        for (j = 0; j < 20; j++)
                            magic[j] = rand() & 0xff;
                        memcpy(echo+21,magic,20);
                        memcpy(obuf,echo,sizeof(echo)-1);
                        obuf_len = sizeof(echo)-1;
                        obuf_pos = 0;
                        printf("All data transferred. Waiting for the last reply...\n");
                    } else if (nread == -1) {
                        fprintf(stderr, "Error reading from stdin: %s\n",
                            strerror(errno));
                        exit(1);
                    } else {
                        obuf_len = nread;
                        obuf_pos = 0;
                    }
                }
                if ((obuf_len == 0 && eof) ||
                    loop_nwritten > PIPEMODE_WRITE_LOOP_MAX_BYTES) break;
            }
        }

        /* Handle timeout, that is, we reached EOF, and we are not getting
         * replies from the server for a few seconds, nor the final ECHO is
         * received. */
        if (eof && config.pipe_timeout > 0 &&
            time(NULL)-last_read_time > config.pipe_timeout)
        {
            fprintf(stderr,"No replies for %d seconds: exiting.\n",
                config.pipe_timeout);
            errors++;
            break;
        }
    }
    redisReaderFree(reader);
    printf("errors: %lld, replies: %lld\n", errors, replies);
    if (errors)
        exit(1);
    else
        exit(0);
}

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