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+require "../spec_helper"
+require "../../src/win32cr/system/pipes"
+
+MAX_BUF = 4096
+
+module Win32cr::System
+  describe "Win32::System::Environment" do
+    describe "Pipes" do
+      readSide = Pointer(Void).null
+      writeSide = Pointer(Void).null
+      teststr = "test string"
+      dwWritten = 0_u32
+      dwRead = 0_u32
+      chbuf = Pointer(UInt8).malloc(MAX_BUF)
+
+      describe "Create Pipes" do
+        result = LibWin32.CreatePipe(pointerof(readSide), pointerof(writeSide), nil, 0)
+
+        it "Pipe create result should be greater than zero" do
+          result.should be > 0
+        end
+      end
+
+      describe "Write to pipe" do
+        result = LibC.WriteFile(writeSide, teststr.to_unsafe, teststr.size, pointerof(dwWritten), nil)
+
+        it "WriteFile result should be greater than zero" do
+          result.should be > 0
+        end
+
+        it "Bytes written should be equal to size of test string" do
+          dwWritten.should eq(teststr.size)
+        end
+
+        result = LibC.CloseHandle(writeSide)
+
+        it "Closing write pipe handle should succeed" do
+          result.should be > 0
+        end
+      end
+
+      describe "Reading from pipe" do
+        result = LibC.ReadFile(readSide, chbuf, MAX_BUF, pointerof(dwRead), nil)
+
+        it "ReadFile result should be greater than zero" do
+          result.should be > 0
+        end
+
+        it "Bytes read should be equal to size of test string" do
+          dwRead.should eq(teststr.size)
+        end
+
+        str = String.new(chbuf, dwRead)
+
+        it "Read string should equal test string" do
+          str.should eq(teststr)
+        end
+
+        result = LibC.CloseHandle(readSide)
+
+        it "Closing read pipe handle should succeed" do
+          result.should be > 0
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
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