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On Thu, 3 Aug 2006, Darryl Miles wrote: > Brian Ford wrote: > > Doesn't this explain the problem nicely? > > > > http://www.cygwin.com//ml/cygwin-patches/2004-q4/msg00018.html > > Yes that casts light on the problem. Did you get around to trying to > reverse the direction of the data flow through the pipe or any other > similar testing to form a conclusion ? No, I (and IIRC, the Cygwin community) didn't. I don't know if the OP did or not as he seemed to dissapear shortly after that. It hasn't been a priority for me or my company, so I haven't looked into it. I just have a good memory for finding these things in the archives ;-). > The problem here is that I am a Unix person, Same here. > this is the principal reason why CYGWIN appeals to me. So I really dont > have the motivation to "investigate" the matter and hunt down > undocumented platform quirks. > The FILE_PIPE_LOCAL_INFORMATION is also an undocumented use of > NtQueryInformationFile. Yes, I remember that in the discussion. > I do have the energy to work on my proposal to implement until > completion but even that it a little mared by the possibility of having > such a patch rejected by the committers. Been there, done that ;-). -- Brian Ford Lead Realtime Software Engineer VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems FlightSafety International the best safety device in any aircraft is a well-trained crew... -- 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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