Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/10/06/11:32:14
On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 05:11:03PM +0200, Reini Urban wrote:
>I found no document where missing POSIX functionality is listed
>and where other non-POSIX but expected typical UNIX functionality and/or
>behaviour are different or missing. The user guide is a bit short on that.
The only way such a document would be useful would be if it was
rigorously maintained.
You show the reason why below when you quote out-of-date parts of the
existing documentation.
It is certainly worthwhile to sweep through the docs and get everything
up-to-date, though.
>select():
> see http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/highlights.html#OV-HI-SELECT
> TODO
This points to a page which explains (in an outdated manner)
implementation details of select. I don't see how it applies.
>processes
>---------
>See the user-guide on fork, ipc, COFF, ...
COFF?
>fork:
>see http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_3.html#SEC74 and
>http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/highlights.html#OV-HI-PROCESS
>
>PID's:
>Unfortunately cygwin must use seperate PID's than the
>underlying windows PID's.
>http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/highlights.html#OV-HI-PROCESS
The documentation is out of date. This is not true.
I think I'll stop here. You're showing that it would be worthwhile to
go through the document and look for stuff that is out of date.
I guess that would be a job for Corinna, Pierre, and me, since
no one else seems to understand these issues. If someone else wants
to take a stab at it, however, please feel free.
cgf
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