Top "Named-pipes" questions

A named pipe is an inter-process communication mechanism, which exists both on Unix and Unix-like systems (where it is also known as a FIFO and is file-like), and on Microsoft Windows (where it is an in-memory kernel object).

Python read named PIPE

I have a named pipe in linux and i want to read it from python. The problem is that the …

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How do I perform a non-blocking fopen on a named pipe (mkfifo)?

If I have a program which creates and attempts to open a named pipe using mkfifo, how can I open …

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unix domain socket VS named pipes?

After looking at a unix named socket and i thought they were named pipes. I looked at name pipes and …

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WCF NamedPipe CommunicationException - "The pipe has been ended. (109, 0x6d)."

I am writing a Windows Service with accompanying "status tool." The service hosts a WCF named pipe endpoint for inter-process …

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Expose a WCF Service through a Named Pipes binding

Intro: I successfully implemented a WCF Service hosted in a Windows Service a few days ago. The community here at …

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System.IO.Exception: Pipe is broken

I have two .NET applications that talk to each other over a named pipe. Everything is great the first time …

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Sample on NamedPipeServerStream vs NamedPipeServerClient having PipeDirection.InOut needed

I'm looking for a good sample where NamedPipeServerStream and NamedPipeServerClient can send messages to each other (when PipeDirection = PipeDirection.InOut …

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How to create a named pipe in node.js?

How to create a named pipe in node.js? P.S.: For now I'm creating a named pipe as follows. …

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A standard Unix command-line tool for piping to a socket

I have some applications, and standard Unix tools sending their output to named-pipes in Solaris, however named pipes can only …

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Shared memory between 2 processes (applications)

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

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