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Date:	Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:00:53 -0600 (CST)
From:	Brian Ford <ford AT vss DOT fsi DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: sendmsg/recvmsg file descriptor passing
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On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, David Rosenbloom wrote:

> I am unable to get sendmsg and recvmsg to successfully pass open file
> descriptors between processes. I am using the Stevens APUE sample as a template,
> the 4.3BSD version, since that matches the msghdr struct in cygwin/socket.h. I
> notice a bunch of postings in the archive indicating (a) that file descriptor
> passing was not supported at one time, and (b) that it may have been
> subsequently added - I can't tell from the threads.
>
I haven't seen any that imply it has been added.

http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2004-01/msg00060.html

seems pretty clear to me.

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