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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _get_pipe_name(self):
 """ Returns the pipe name to create a serial connection. :returns: pipe path (string) """


        if sys.platform.startswith("win"):
            pipe_name = r"\\.\pipe\gns3_vmware\{}".format(self.id)
        else:
            pipe_name = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), "gns3_vmware", "{}".format(self.id))
            try:
                os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(pipe_name), exist_ok=True)
            except OSError as e:
                raise VMwareError("Could not create the VMware pipe directory: {}".format(e))
        return pipe_name