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From: | Rolf Campbell <Endlisnis AT mailc DOT net> |
Subject: | Re: 1.5.3s: /dev/clipboard does not work for non-cygwin programs |
Date: | Wed, 27 Aug 2003 12:08:48 -0400 |
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Christopher Faylor wrote: > 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? Not really. I only recently started using /dev/clipboard. > I would be astonished if a non-cygwin program could understand a cygwin-specific device like /dev/clipboard. I was running this all from bash. Isn't it bash that sets up the it's i/o handles before forking the sub-process? So, theoretically, couldn't cygwin do something special if it is launching a non-cygwin app with cygwin-specific devices as it's i/o handles? -Rolf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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