[#BloombergLP-bdls-PipeUtil]
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This struct contains utility methods for platform&hyphen;independent named pipe operations&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdls&lowbar;pipeutil&period;h&gt;`

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struct PipeUtil;
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== Static Member Functions

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| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bdls/PipeUtil/isOpenForReading.adoc[`isOpenForReading`] 
| Return whether the named pipe is open for reading&period;
| xref:BloombergLP/bdls/PipeUtil/makeCanonicalName-05.adoc[`makeCanonicalName`] 
| Load the canonical pipe name for `baseName` into `pipeName`&period;
| xref:BloombergLP/bdls/PipeUtil/send.adoc[`send`] 
| Send the specified `message` to the pipe with the specified `pipeName`&period;
|===



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