NamedPipes.ps1
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<# .Synopsis Sends a message of a named pipe. .DESCRIPTION Sends a message of a named pipe.This named pipe can exist locally or on a remote machine. By default, this cmdlet sends the message using Unicode encoding. .EXAMPLE Send-NamedPipeMessage -PipeName "DrainPipe" -ComputerName "domaincontroller" -Message "Screw you!" .EXAMPLE Send-NamedPipeMessage -PipeName "SewerPipe" -Message "Hello, Pipe!" #> function Send-NamedPipeMessage { param( # The named pipe to send the message on. [String]$PipeName, # The computer the named pipe exists on. [String]$ComputerName=".", # The message to send the named pipe on. [string]$Message, # The type of encoding to encode the string with [System.Text.Encoding]$Encoding = [System.Text.Encoding]::Unicode, # The number of milliseconds before the connection times out [int]$ConnectTimeout = 5000 ) $stream = New-Object -TypeName System.IO.Pipes.NamedPipeClientStream -ArgumentList $ComputerName,$PipeName,([System.IO.Pipes.PipeDirection]::Out), ([System.IO.Pipes.PipeOptions]::None),([System.Security.Principal.TokenImpersonationLevel]::Impersonation) $stream.Connect($ConnectTimeout) $bRequest = $Encoding.GetBytes($Message) $cbRequest = $bRequest.Length; $stream.Write($bRequest, 0, $cbRequest); $stream.Dispose() } |