# Win32-pipe 0.2.0

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**Created:** [May 29, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/win32-pipe-0-2-0/138937 "2008-05-29T04:41:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/win32-pipe-0-2-0/138937/1 "2008-05-29T04:41:23Z")

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Hi all,

The Win32 Utils Team is happy to announce the release version 0.2.0 of  
the win32-pipe library.

= What is it?

An interface for named pipes on MS Windows.

= What’s new?

- Now pure Ruby.
- Major interface change. Pipe::Server.new and Pipe::Client.new replace  
the  
Pipe.new\_server and Pipe.new\_client methods, respectively.
- An optional 3rd argument, the open mode, is now accepted which allows  
finer  
control over how pipes are created.
- Several pipe mode and open mode constants were added.
- The asynchronous pipe server actually works now.
- Added the Pipe#name method.
- Added the Pipe#asynchronous? method.
- Added the Pipe#size method as an alias for Pipe#length.
- Added a Rakefile with tasks for testing and installation.
- Added a gemspec and uploaded a gem file to RubyForge.
- Merged the doc files into the README and/or replaced them with inlined  
comments that are RDoc friendly.

= Where can I get it?

The usual places - RubyForge or the RAA. Or just “gem install  
win32-pipe”.

Give the gem an hour or so to propogate if it doesn’t work right away.

Enjoy!

The Win32 Utils Team