The Netapp Data ONTAP™ named pipe interface

The pipe interface is an older CIFS-specific interface that is used by some utility programs such as SecureShare Access™ to manage Unix file permissions on the filer. It also allows reading and setting of symlinks as of version 6.3 of the OS. The sample program ln.exe allows individual users to set symlinks in directories that they have permission to write to. It does not allow them to set widelinks, as that operation requires a write to the /etc/symlinks.translations file by an administrator.

The full definition of the interface is in %sdk-home%\include\pipeops.h. This file must be included by every program written to this interface.

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