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Date:	Wed, 27 Aug 2003 11:56:08 -0400
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf-idd AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: 1.5.3s: /dev/clipboard does not work for non-cygwin programs
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On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 11:51:20AM -0400, Rolf Campbell wrote:
>$ ipconfig > /dev/clipboard
>$ ipconfig | cat > /dev/clipboard
>
>The first command does *nothing* to the content of the clipboard.  The
>2nd command does what I expected the first command to do.

And is this a regression?  I would be astonished if a non-cygwin program
could understand a cygwin-specific device like /dev/clipboard.
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