Re: [PATCH 1/1] server: Allow creating named pipes using \Device\NamedPipe\ as RootDirectory.

[Zebediah Figura]

On 7/21/22 08:37, Jinoh Kang wrote:
> From: Jinoh Kang
>
> On Windows, \Device\NamedPipe\ is the root directory of the named pipe
> file system (NPFS), and can be used as RootDirectory to skip its path
> when accessing the NPFS namespace.
>
> This introduces a regression that makes it possible to use
> \Device\NamedPipe (note the lack of trailing backslash) as RootDirectory
> as well, since Wine does not distinguish between \Device\NamedPipe (the
> device itself) and \Device\NamedPipe\ (the root directory of the
> filesystem).

We should probably fix that first, then. Related questions:

* is \Device\NamedPipe any different from a normal pipe?

* is \Device\NamedPipe\ any different from a normal pipe?

* is "\Device\NamedPipe\foo" a different object than 
"\Device\NamedPipe\foo", and, if so, does it behave any differently?