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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



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