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From: "Tarjei T. Jensen" <tarjei.jensen@kvaerner.com>
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Subject: Re: Named Pipe (FIFO) on Win NT
Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 09:46:00 +0200
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Peter Richtmyer wrote in message ...
>I am trying to port an app from Unix to Win NT (Gnat Ada).
>The app uses Named Pipes to send data between programs.
>Have not been able to find  "mkfifo" or a Windows equivalent to use.
>
>Is there an easy way to do this? It does not need to be elegant or
>bullet-proof.
>(The Win NT version is for development and test only.)

You do not use mkfifo on windows nt. You have to create the named pipe in
your own program. Search microsoft.com or their developer site for
documentation.


Greetings,