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 Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 13:35:31 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: 1.5.3s: /dev/clipboard does not work for non-cygwin programs Message-ID: <20030827173531.GA18157@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20030827155608 DOT GA23637 AT redhat DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 12:08:48PM -0400, Rolf Campbell wrote: >Christopher Faylor wrote: >>I would be astonished if a non-cygwin program could understand a >>cygwin-specific device like /dev/clipboard. > >I was running this all from bash. Isn't it bash that sets up the it's >i/o handles before forking the sub-process? So, theoretically, >couldn't cygwin do something special if it is launching a non-cygwin >app with cygwin-specific devices as it's i/o handles? /dev/clipboard is not a device as far as a normal Windows program is concerned. There is no true handle associated with it. /dev/clipboard will not work with windows apps. -- Please use the resources at cygwin.com rather than sending personal email. Special for spam email harvesters: send email to aaaspam AT sourceware DOT org and be permanently blocked from mailing lists at sources.redhat.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/