X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 09:08:07 -0500 From: Brian Ford Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: 1.5.20(0.156/4/2) pipe hangs, dos files In-Reply-To: <44D13F49.7000709@netbauds.net> Message-ID: References: <20060801141450.88222.qmail@web51109.mail.yahoo.com> <44CF7953.8090808@netbauds.net> <44D0E59B.503@netbauds.net> <44D13F49.7000709@netbauds.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com 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/