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>comp.os.os2.networking / kellmeye@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (kellmeyer steven l) /  2:15 am  Jan 26, 1993 /
>Shoot me for a newbie idiot, but what the hell is a named pipe, anyway?
>I read the Novell manual, and it describes how to set them up, but never
>tells you what bloody good they do.  Why use them?  What are they?  What
>do they taste like?  Are they better with ketchup?  I don't get it.

Named pipe is introduced into DOS and OS/2 in Lan manager 1.0. It is simply
a first in first out queue with name. Your server program creates a
named pipe (of course, you need to name it) and waiting for thing from 
other end. And then your client program can open it (instead of 
open("filename"), it is open("\\pipe\pipename")). Then your server and
client program can talk to each other!!! with simple read() and write().

Details can be obtained from OS/2 programmer's reference.

Yuk