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Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 12:51:24 +0100 (CET)
From: stefan <stefan AT linux DOT f1 DOT fhtw-berlin DOT de>
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To: Christopher Faylor <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject: Re: filedescriptors and sockets
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On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, Christopher Faylor wrote:

> Cygwin does not make a distinction between sockets and normal
> file descriptors.  It's should work just like UNIX.

I compiled the program with the -mno-cygwin option. And there the select()
statement return an error if there are "normal" filedescriptors (from a
_pipe()) in the field.
Why is this ?

stefan.



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