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Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 12:35:30 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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In-Reply-To: <3C2E358EF005D511BB900002A5349705382E40@revere.box.vibren.com>; from charlie_fallon@vibren.com on Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 11:37:53AM -0400

On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 11:37:53AM -0400, Fallon, Charlie wrote:
>Would you know, specifically, what important functions are missing that
>Cygwin uses?  

I believe that I've mentioned the functions in the past in this mailing
list.  I don't recall what they are anymore.  Maybe it was something
basic like the inability to create mutexes, semaphores, or something.

>The last I checked, Win CE does have a console mode.

Hmm.  MSDN shows that CE has a cmd.exe that can be run.  I think this is
new.  Well, maybe that's one obstacle you won't have to worry about.

cgf

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