named-pipes-using-win32-c++

C++ example implementation of named pipes using WIN32 API on windows platform. This code is for a single client and server using synchronous calls.

Example output on a console.

Installation and Usage

• Install
  • Visual Studio (latest version)
• Clone the repo and go to directory

$ git clone https://github.com/AizazSharif/named-pipes-win32.git
$ cd named-pipes-win32

• Run 'win32-named-pipe.sln' under vc12 directory to open the project.
• Build the project after you go through client.cpp and server.cpp.
• Run 'vc12/x64/Debugserver.exe' and then 'vc12/x64/Debug/client.exe'.

Credit

This project is a part of a coding Challenge and learning purpose. Main help of named pipes in c++ is taken by this blog.