#! perl -slw use strict; use Win32::Pipe; my $pipe = Win32::Pipe->new( 'MyPipe' ); print system 1, 'c:\test\dummyCapp.exe \\\\.\\pipe\\MyPipe' or die $?; $pipe->Connect; $pipe->Write( 'The quick brown fox' ); $pipe->Disconnect; $pipe->Close; #### #include int main( int argc, char **argv ) { FILE *f; if( argc < 2 ) { fprintf( stderr, "No filename given\n" ); exit( -1 ); } if( f = fopen( argv[1], "r" ) ) { int read = 0; char pword[ 1024 ]; if( read = fread( pword, sizeof( char ), 1024, f ) ) { printf( "Got: '%s'\n", pword ); } else { fprintf( stderr, "Failed to read anything\n" ); exit( -2 ); } } else { fprintf( stderr, "Couldn't open file %s: %d\n", argv[1], GetLastError() ); exit( -3 ); } printf( "Ending...\n" ); return 0; } #### C:\test>junk50 560 Got: 'The quick brown fox' Ending...