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).

Prevent FIFO from closing / reuse closed FIFO

Consider the following scenario: a FIFO named test is created. In one terminal window (A) I run cat <test …

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duplex operation between two processes using named pipes in c#

I am trying to use named pipes to communicate between a server and a client process on the same machine. …

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How do you implement a reusable named pipe listener that runs asynchronously?

I can't find a good example of how to create a reusable named pipe listener that runs asynchronously. I can …

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C# Sockets vs Pipes

Currently I am working on a multi-process desktop application on Windows. This application will be a shrink wrapped application which …

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Only one client can connect to named pipe

I am currently learning about named pipes in Windows using ASP.NET 3.5 and C#. I wrote a small server program …

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Named Pipes, How to know the exact number of bytes to read on Reading side. C++, Windows

I am using Named Pipes configured to send data as a single byte stream to send serialized data structures between …

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Python code hangs while trying to open a named pipe for reading

I am trying to setup two way communication between a daemon and a client using named pipes. The code hangs …

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return value from child process c

I need help returning a "status code" from my child program back to the parent, where it will check the …

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Usage of overlapped named pipe for simultaneous read and write on Windows

I have a pipe handle that was created as overlapped. I need to read and write data to it in …

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