How to create a named pipe in node.js?

Working with named pipes on Windows

Node v0.12.4

var net = require('net');var PIPE_NAME = "mypipe";var PIPE_PATH = "\\\\.\\pipe\\" + PIPE_NAME;var L = console.log;var server = net.createServer(function(stream) {    L('Server: on connection')    stream.on('data', function(c) {        L('Server: on data:', c.toString());    });    stream.on('end', function() {        L('Server: on end')        server.close();    });    stream.write('Take it easy!');});server.on('close',function(){    L('Server: on close');})server.listen(PIPE_PATH,function(){    L('Server: on listening');})// == Client part == //var client = net.connect(PIPE_PATH, function() {    L('Client: on connection');})client.on('data', function(data) {    L('Client: on data:', data.toString());    client.end('Thanks!');});client.on('end', function() {    L('Client: on end');})

Output:

Server: on listeningClient: on connectionServer: on connectionClient: on data: Take it easy!Server: on data: Thanks!Client: on endServer: on endServer: on close

Note about pipe names:

C/C++ / Nodejs:
\\.\pipe\PIPENAME CreateNamedPipe

.Net / Powershell:
\\.\PIPENAME NamedPipeClientStream / NamedPipeServerStream

Both will use file handle:
\Device\NamedPipe\PIPENAME

Looks like name pipes aren't and won't be supported in Node core - from Ben Noordhuis 10/11/11:

Windows has a concept of named pipes but since you mention mkfifo I assume you mean UNIX FIFOs.

We don't support them and probably never will (FIFOs in non-blocking mode have the potential to deadlock the event loop) but you can use UNIX sockets if you need similar functionality.

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/nodejs/9TvDwCWaB5c/udQPigFvmgAJ

Named pipes and sockets are very similar however, the net module implements local sockets by specifying a path as opposed to a host and port:

• http://nodejs.org/api/net.html#net_server_listen_path_callback
• http://nodejs.org/api/net.html#net_net_connect_path_connectlistener

Example:

var net = require('net');var server = net.createServer(function(stream) {  stream.on('data', function(c) {    console.log('data:', c.toString());  });  stream.on('end', function() {    server.close();  });});server.listen('/tmp/test.sock');var stream = net.connect('/tmp/test.sock');stream.write('hello');stream.end();

Maybe use fs.watchFile instead of named pipe ? See documentation