Expose NtCreateNamedPipeFile #2088
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Won't this file get clobbered the next time we run UpdateSDK with whatever is really in the SDK?
is this function definition available in a Windows SDK header that we could use / include instead?
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Docs say it lives in ntioapi.h which isn't public. Agree, we should minimally move it to a new header (e.g., \generation\WinSDK\AdditionalHeaders\ntioapi.h)
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This PR adds
NtCreateNamedPipeFile(https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/devnotes/nt-create-named-pipe-file) to the list of available binding signatures, this function is used to provide support for asynchronous access for pseudo-terminals via ConHost: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/2d64a3a4ab0d0d1c5b9085a022f5319460ef68d7/src/types/utils.cpp#L851