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Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 00:17:39 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Bash Process Substitution
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On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 03:58:13AM -0400, Lev S Bishop wrote:
>Process substitution in bash is not working for me currently. I'm pretty 
>certain it worked at some point in the past (maybe about 6 months ago). 
>
>For example:
>$ cat <( echo hello)
>
>hangs, ignoring ^C, kill -9, and requiring kill -f on the cat 
>process.

This is working (for me at least) in cygwin 1.5.16.  However, since it uses
fifos, it is possible that it may still be flaky.

I have more work to do in fifos when I get a tuit.

cgf

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