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Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 18:18:22 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna AT vinschen DOT de>
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To: John Huddleston <jhuddles AT rocky DOT itc DOT nrcs DOT usda DOT gov>
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Subject: Re: mkfifo
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John Huddleston wrote:
> [...]
> The mkfifo command does not appear to work
> as the --help option shows.  I am using version
> 3.16 with B20.1 under Windows NT.
> 
> The drives are mounted as binary.   Am I doing
> something wrong?

No, it's because named pipes aren't implemented in cygwin yet. 
As always, patches are gratefully accepted.

Regards,
Corinna

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