Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!sun!imagen!atari!portal!portal!cup.portal.com!Will From: Will@cup.portal.com (Will E Estes) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2 Subject: Re: LAN Manager Questions Message-ID: <27965@cup.portal.com> Date: 17 Mar 90 21:08:21 GMT References: <27348@cup.portal.com> <52069@microsoft.UUCP> <27727@cup.portal.com> <53520@microsoft.UUCP> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 9 < Named pipes must be 'created' on the net to be 'opened'. DOS based machines < cannot 'Create' named pipes, but can 'open' them. < DOS cannot wait around in a second task when a client signals an open < on a named pipe, so creation makes no sense. It does. Thanks. Will (sun!portal!cup.portal.com!Will)