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From: "Robert Collins" <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au>
To: <gerrit@familiehaase.de>, <cygwin@cygwin.com>
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Subject: Re: mkfifo (GNU fileutils) 4.0
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 22:05:17 +1000
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerrit P. Haase" <gerrit.haase@t-online.de>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 10:37 PM
Subject: mkfifo (GNU fileutils) 4.0


> mkfifo (GNU fileutils) 4.0
>
> I got an error using mkfifo:
> mkfifo: cannot make fifo ... : Function not implemented
>
> So, what is mkfifo good for?
>

fifo's are not implemented. I've got a fifo implementation here that has
trouble on fork :[. If I get time to debug it I'll submit it as a patch
to cygwin..

mkfifo is part of gnu fileutils and simply calls the system function
mkfifo or mknod.

Rob


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