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Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:28:40 -0800
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From: Randall R Schulz <rrschulz AT cris DOT com>
Subject: Re: mknod implementation? any idea when it will occur?
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James,

Please clarify what use your software makes of mknod.

Do I guess correctly that what you really want are named pipes?

Randall Schulz


At 12:58 2003-02-24, james DOT m DOT barker AT boeing DOT com wrote:
>I am porting some code from a linux / unix environment that views solid
>models thru geomview.  I have the latest cygwin release installed 1.3.20.
>My problem is that the mknod function does not exist.  Are there any plans
>to implement a working version of mknod and not just the dummy version that
>tells me it's not implemented.  I can create some ugly workarounds but I
>would prefer not altering the code.  If I knew the mknod function was going
>to be implemented in the near future I would avoid going down this nasty
>path.
>
>Any info would be appreciated
>
>Jim


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