Open a named pipe and start a thread with the given attributes.
Declared in <balb_pipecontrolchannel.h>
int
start(
char const* pipeName,
bslmt::ThreadAttributes const& attributes);Open a named pipe having the specified pipeName, and start a thread to read messages and dispatch them to the callback specified at construction, using the specified attributes of the background processing thread. Return 0 on success, and a non-zero value otherwise. In particular, return a non-zero value if the pipe cannot be opened or if it is detected that another process is reading from the pipe. pipeName must be of the types const char *, char *, bsl::string, std::string, std::pmr::string (if supported), or bslstl::StringRef.
0 on success, and a non-zero value otherwise
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| pipeName | name of the named pipe to open |
| attributes | attributes of the background processing thread |