Thread: Named Pipes with .NET?

I'm trying to create a named pipe with .NET.

With:
System.IO.FileStream fs = new FileStream( "\\\\.\\pipe\\name",
FileMode.Truncate, FileAccessWrite, FileShare.Read, 0x8000 );

after that, an System.IO.FileNotFountException occures.

Has anybody an idea how to create and use Named Pipes in .NET, with C#?

Thanks in advance!
Michl

Assuming that the name of the file was \\name:

Make sure that the file is already created. FileMode.Truncate will only open an existing file. If not, filenotfound exception is thrown. Try using something like FileMode.Open or FileMode.Append.

I hope that works.

Hello dragunsflame!

I've tested it with FileMode.Create and FileMode.CreateNew, but no one workes!

I think the problem lies in the Pipe path ("\\\\.\\pipe\\..."). The path is not a usually know "File Path". Using System.IO.DirectoryInfo returnes named Pipes of your System...

Code:

System.IO.DirectoryInfo di = new 
   System.IO.DirectoryInfo("\\\\.\\pipe" );
FileInfo[] afi = di.GetFiles();

foreach( FileInfo fi in afi )
{
   Console.WriteLine( fi.ToString() );
}

Perhaps someone gets an idea...

Thanks
Michl

>Assuming that the name of the file was \\name:
>
>Make sure that the file is already created. FileMode.Truncate will >only open an existing file. If not, filenotfound exception is >thrown. Try using something like FileMode.Open or >FileMode.Append.
>
>I hope that works.