NtCreateMailslotFile - NtDoc

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#ifndef _NTIOAPI_H

NTSYSCALLAPI
NTSTATUS
NTAPI
NtCreateMailslotFile(
    _Out_ PHANDLE FileHandle,
    _In_ ACCESS_MASK DesiredAccess,
    _In_ PCOBJECT_ATTRIBUTES ObjectAttributes,
    _Out_ PIO_STATUS_BLOCK IoStatusBlock,
    _In_ ULONG CreateOptions,
    _In_ ULONG MailslotQuota,
    _In_ ULONG MaximumMessageSize,
    _In_ PLARGE_INTEGER ReadTimeout
    );

#endif

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#ifndef _NTZWAPI_H

NTSYSCALLAPI
NTSTATUS
NTAPI
ZwCreateMailslotFile(
    _Out_ PHANDLE FileHandle,
    _In_ ACCESS_MASK DesiredAccess,
    _In_ PCOBJECT_ATTRIBUTES ObjectAttributes,
    _Out_ PIO_STATUS_BLOCK IoStatusBlock,
    _In_ ULONG CreateOptions,
    _In_ ULONG MailslotQuota,
    _In_ ULONG MaximumMessageSize,
    _In_ PLARGE_INTEGER ReadTimeout
    );

#endif

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Function NtCreateMailslotFile creates especial File Object called Mailslot. See Microsoft SDK for more information about Mailslots.

MailslotFileHandle

Result of call - HANDLE to Mailslot File Object.

DesiredAccess

Access rights associated with opened handle.

ObjectAttributes

Pointer to OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES structure contains valid object name. Name must be in format "\\??\MAILSLOT\..." where "..." means unique name of Mailslot.

IoStatusBlock

IO result of call.

CreateOptions

Can be combination of:

MailslotQuota

???

MaxMessageSize

Maximum message size, or MAILSLOT_SIZE_AUTO for automatic message size.

ReadTimeOut

Timeout value, or -1 for infinite waiting.

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