Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPartTM-000-07ff45be-dcd9-4bf1-9183-9daeb7370636" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.5762.3 Subject: how to use cygwin_attach_handle_to_fd? Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 15:53:08 +0530 Message-ID: <244C47F17E976A4295ACA0F43FE4A48E2EE2F4@blr-ec-msg01.wipro.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: "Harshavardhana Adiga" To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Dec 2002 10:23:08.0680 (UTC) FILETIME=[20F31080:01C2A4ED] ------=_NextPartTM-000-07ff45be-dcd9-4bf1-9183-9daeb7370636 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C2A4ED.21016BB9" ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2A4ED.21016BB9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I am new to cygwin.I am creating a windows named pipe using the normal windows api. In the cygwin documetation it is said that select call works for file descriptors,handles etc.Can I able to pass this handle directly to a select call? if no can I use cygwin_attach_handle_to_fd() provided by cygwin to convert it to a file descriptor? If yes what is the first parameter i need to pass to this method? Further can i be able to use the descriptor returned by this method in a select call? =20 Alternatly,is there any way in which i can implement named pipes in cygwin(like fifo's)? ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2A4ED.21016BB9 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
Hi,
I am = new to cygwin.I=20 am creating a windows named pipe using the normal windows=20 api.
In the = cygwin=20 documetation it is said that select call works for file = descriptors,handles=20 etc.Can I able to pass this handle directly to a select=20 call?
if no = can I use=20 cygwin_attach_handle_to_fd() provided by cygwin to convert it to a file=20 descriptor?
If yes = what is the=20 first parameter i need to pass to this method?
Further can i be=20 able to use the descriptor returned by this method in a select=20 call?
 
Alternatly,is there=20 any way in which i can implement named pipes in cygwin(like=20 fifo's)?
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