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Named Pipes are Not Deleted If Relative Filenames Are Used

Consider the following scenario:

Create two virtual machines and then choose Add Serial Port>Connected to Named Pipe.
Specify a relative path for the pipe name (e.g. test1) in both virtual machines.
Power on the virtual machines.
The file test1 is created in /var/log/vmware (as expected).
Power off the virtual machines.
The test1 file is not deleted.

Use an absolute pathname (for example, /tmp/test1) when using serial port with named pipes.

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