CreatePipeHandles function

In unit Pipes

Function to create a set of pipe handles.

Declaration

pascal

function CreatePipeHandles(var Inhandle: THandle; 
 var OutHandle: THandle; 
 APipeBufferSize: Cardinal=1024): Boolean

Arguments

`Inhandle`	File handle for reading end of the pipe.
`OutHandle`	File handle for writing end of the pipe.
`APipeBufferSize`	Buffer size to be used for the pipe.

Function result

True if the call was successful, False if not.

Description

CreatePipeHandles provides an OS-independent way to create a set of pipe filehandles. These handles are inheritable to child processes. The reading end of the pipe is returned in InHandle, the writing end in OutHandle.

Errors

On error, False is returned.