KdSoft.MailSlot 1.1.0

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dotnet add package KdSoft.MailSlot --version 1.1.0                

                    
                

            
NuGet\Install-Package KdSoft.MailSlot -Version 1.1.0
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="KdSoft.MailSlot" Version="1.1.0" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
paket add KdSoft.MailSlot --version 1.1.0                

                    
                

            
#r "nuget: KdSoft.MailSlot, 1.1.0"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
// Install KdSoft.MailSlot as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=KdSoft.MailSlot&version=1.1.0

// Install KdSoft.MailSlot as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=KdSoft.MailSlot&version=1.1.0

Small class that exposes the Windows MailSlot API as an asynchronous FileStream.

Writing to a mailslot:

This is basically like writing to a file.

Using the command line:

echo "This is a test" > .\tmp1.txt & copy .\tmp1.txt \\.\mailslot\test1

Using C#:

var buffer = new byte[1024];
using (var client = MailSlot.CreateClient("test1")) {
    var bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes($"Writing test message.\n");
    await client.WriteAsync(bytes);
}

Receiving mailslot messages

Just read asynchronously from the mailslot stream. This will not block a thread.

var buffer = new byte[16384];
using (var server = MailSlot.CreateServer("test1")) {
    while (true) {
        var count = await server.ReadAsync(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
        var msg = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer, 0, count);
        Console.WriteLine(msg);
    }
}
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KdSoft.MailSlotListener

Windows MailSlot Listener.

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1.1.0 3,434 9/2/2020
1.0.0 428 9/2/2020

Added synchronous capability using GetMailslotInfo.