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From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g DOT r DOT vansickle AT worldnet DOT att DOT net>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: mkstemp bug
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 19:46:03 -0500
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> > * Gary R. Van Sickle <t DOT e DOT inafvpxyr AT jbeyqarg DOT ngg DOT arg> 
> [2005-04-28 21:01:07 -0500]:
> >
> > [snip]
> >> > So when I say "fifos just barely work" you felt the need to
> >> inform me
> >> > that they don't work?  And that advances the discussion
> >> how, exactly?
> >> 
> >> I did not just tell you that they are broken.
> >> I also gave you a test case for FIFOs:
> >>>>>
> >>Try
> >> mkfifo foo
> >> xterm -e 'tty >> foo; cat foo'
> >> (now foo can be used by other tty application to 
> communicate with the  
> >>user via the dedicated xterm - works in linux but not cygwin).
> >>>>>
> >> I think such a test case is useful for development and debugging.
> >
> > Dude, you are just *asking* for one heck of a zinger!
> 
> <http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/netdict?zinger>
> Sorry, I am not sure I understand what you mean.
> (PS it may be because English is not my native language...)
> 

Oh, sorry, by "zinger" I was referring to a type of response such as the
snotty one you got in reply to your statement "Yes, it appears that they are
heavily broken" and your test case.

And no need to be sorry; I do tend to abuse the English language rather
badly.

-- 
Gary R. Van Sickle


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