Re(2): GPG agent for W32

[Andrew Marlow]

wk at gnupg.org writes:
>On Tue, 8 May 2001, Florian Weimer wrote:
>
>> I think it is possible to create local pipes as well, but I might be
>> wrong.  It's been a long time...
>
>I looked into that some time ago and found no way to create local
>only pipes.  As soon as you give a name to a pipe it is remotely
>accessible. 

For what it's worth, on UNIX you can delete a file whilst it is still in
use. 
And named pipes are file system objects.
It is only when the last user goes away that the space is reclaimed.
This provides a way for a file to be inaccessible to all except those
that already have it open.