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Is there an easy way to test whether your named pipe is working correctly? I want to make sure that the data I'm sending from my app is actually being sent. Is there a quick and easy way to get a list of all the named pipes?
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You can use "Pipe Monitor" which lets you see what is flowing through Windows named pipes. Also, to restrict the access to your named pipe, you can specify a security descriptor for a named pipe when you call the CreateNamedPipe function.
Microsoft Windows Pipes utilizes a client-server implementation whereby the process that creates a named pipe is known as the server and the process that communicates with the named pipe is known as the client. By utilizing a client-server relationship, named pipe servers can support two methods of communication.
File Path: C:\SysinternalsSuite\pipelist.exe. Description: Lists open named pipes.
A named pipe is a stream-based mechanism for inter-process communication (IPC). The . NET Framework has two types for allow you to use named pipes: System.
You can view these with Process Explorer from sysinternals. Use the "Find -> Find Handle or DLL..." option and enter the pattern "\Device\NamedPipe\". It will show you which processes have which pipes open.
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