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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2018-05-03 11:53:45 (GMT)
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Merge topic 'doc-server-pipe'
7a50425caa Help: Fix and clarify server mode --pipe= option docs Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> Merge-request: !2026
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@@ -49,10 +49,12 @@ Operation
Start :manual:`cmake(1)` in the server command mode, supplying the path to
the build directory to process::
- cmake -E server (--debug|--pipe <NAMED_PIPE>)
+ cmake -E server (--debug|--pipe=<NAMED_PIPE>)
The server will communicate using stdin/stdout (with the ``--debug`` parameter)
-or using a named pipe (with the ``--pipe <NAMED_PIPE>`` parameter).
+or using a named pipe (with the ``--pipe=<NAMED_PIPE>`` parameter). Note
+that "named pipe" refers to a local domain socket on Unix and to a named pipe
+on Windows.
When connecting to the server (via named pipe or by starting it in ``--debug``
mode), the server will reply with a hello message::