The following function is used with anonymous pipes.
| Function | Description |
|---|
| CreatePipe | Creates an anonymous pipe. |
The following functions are used with named pipes.
| Function | Description |
|---|
| CallNamedPipe | Connects to a message-type pipe, writes to and reads from the pipe, and then closes the pipe. |
| ConnectNamedPipe | Enables a named pipe server process to wait for a client process to connect to an instance of a named pipe. |
| CreateNamedPipe | Creates an instance of a named pipe and returns a handle for subsequent pipe operations. |
| DisconnectNamedPipe | Disconnects the server end of a named pipe instance from a client process. |
| GetNamedPipeClientComputerName | Retrieves the client computer name for the specified named pipe. |
| GetNamedPipeClientProcessId | Retrieves the client process identifier for the specified named pipe. |
| GetNamedPipeClientSessionId | Retrieves the client session identifier for the specified named pipe. |
| GetNamedPipeHandleState | Retrieves information about a specified named pipe. |
| GetNamedPipeInfo | Retrieves information about the specified named pipe. |
| GetNamedPipeServerProcessId | Retrieves the server process identifier for the specified named pipe. |
| GetNamedPipeServerSessionId | Retrieves the server session identifier for the specified named pipe. |
| PeekNamedPipe | Copies data from a named or anonymous pipe into a buffer without removing it from the pipe. |
| SetNamedPipeHandleState | Sets the read mode and the blocking mode of the specified named pipe. |
| TransactNamedPipe | Combines the functions that write a message to and read a message from the specified named pipe into a single network operation. |
| WaitNamedPipe | Waits until either a time-out interval elapses or an instance of the specified named pipe is available for a connection. |
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