support absolute named-pipe paths

git-svn-id: https://xpra.org/svn/Xpra/trunk@15193 3bb7dfac-3a0b-4e04-842a-767bc560f471
Xpra-org · Mar 1, 2017 · f9c9934 · f9c9934
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commit f9c9934
Showing 1 changed file with 6 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/src/xpra/scripts/main.py b/src/xpra/scripts/main.py
@@ -1755,9 +1755,13 @@ def sockpathfail_cb(msg):
         if not WIN32:
             raise InitException("named pipes are only supported on MS Windows")
         import errno
-        from xpra.platform.win32.dotxpra import PIPE_PATH
+        from xpra.platform.win32.dotxpra import PIPE_PATH, PIPE_ROOT
         from xpra.platform.win32.namedpipes.connection import NamedPipeConnection, connect_to_namedpipe
-        path = PIPE_PATH+pipe_name
+        if pipe_name.startswith(PIPE_ROOT):
+            #absolute pipe path already specified
+            path = pipe_name
+        else:
+            path = PIPE_PATH+pipe_name
         try:
             pipe_handle = connect_to_namedpipe(path)
         except Exception as e: