/*
     * For backward compatibility with previous versions of Tcl, we use
     * "file%d" as the base name for pipes even though it would be more
     * natural to use "pipe%d". Use the pointer to keep the channel names
     * unique, in case channels share handles (stdin/stdout).
     */

    snprintf(channelName, sizeof(channelName), "file%" TCL_Z_MODIFIER "x", (size_t) infoPtr);
    infoPtr->channel = Tcl_CreateChannel(&pipeChannelType, channelName,
	    infoPtr, infoPtr->validMask);

    Tcl_SetChannelOption(NULL, infoPtr->channel, "-translation", "auto");
    return infoPtr->channel;
}