cluka has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Admittedly a perl newbie, this daring young adventurer in the world of perl is attempting to go where he has not yet traveled. While sitting in a small white house, he reads carefully all the available documentation for Win32::Process and Win32::Pipe, and carefully types

my $pipe = new Win32::Pipe( 'testpipe', 10000 );

He then attempts to inventory his $pipe, and finds it empty! Quickly ruling out the existence of a thief, he assumes he has typed the UNC incorrectly and (after more reading...) he tries again...
my $pipe = new Win32::Pipe( '\\.\\My Pipe', 10000)

A careful examination of the $pipe in his bag reveals nothing. A fleeting thought crosses the adventures mind - "I wonder if Win32::Pipe works on Windoze 98?" At the mention of Win 98, his sword begins to shine with a faint blue glow. Helplessly, the adventure looks to sky and screams out What am I doing wrong here?!

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Re: Zork, Win32::Pipe and Win98?
by zakb (Pilgrim) on Jul 18, 2002 at 10:31 UTC

    This HOWTO from Microsoft's site states that your named pipe must be created on Windows 2000 or Windows NT, but that you can read and write from that pipe on any 32 bit platform.