Pipe Functions

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. A client process connects to a named pipe by using the CreateFile or CallNamedPipe function.
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.
ImpersonateNamedPipeClient	Impersonates a named-pipe client application.
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.