Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 10:50:41 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: Corinna Vinschen Subject: Re: get windows messages Message-ID: <20001224105041.A7901@cygbert.vinschen.de> Mail-Followup-To: Corinna Vinschen References: <0012201413240R DOT 28008 AT cygbert> <200012240409 DOT UAA20384 AT cygnus DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200012240409.UAA20384@cygnus.com>; from dave@dtsp.co.nz on Sun, Dec 24, 2000 at 05:10:29PM +1300 On Sun, Dec 24, 2000 at 05:10:29PM +1300, Dave Sainty wrote: > Corinna Vinschen writes: > > from the Cygwin source code: > > > > open ("/dev/windows", flags, mode=3D0) > > - create a unix fd for message queue. > > I know this is a bit after the fact, but wouldn't some kind of special > "socket" domain/family have been more appropriate here? > > x = socket(PF_WINMSG, SOCK_DGRAM, 0); The /dev/windows implementation is made by Sergey Okhapkin once when he still has contributed to Cygwin. I have in fact no opinion here. The joke is that both solutions (device/socket) aren't inconsistent with each other in Cygwin. Feel free to contribute a special socket code for the windows message queue. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat, Inc. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple