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 Message-ID: <20050607102221.1554.qmail@web26710.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 11:22:21 +0100 (BST) From: Allan Wilkins Subject: Thread error using named pipe / FIFO on latest version of cygwin To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-IsSubscribed: yes I am receiving the following error whilst using a FIFO on the latest versions of cygwin: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe (2056): *** WFMO failed waiting for cygthread '(null)' To reproduce the problem: Open two cygwin bash shells. In the first enter: $ mkfifo TEST $ echo "Hello World" >TEST In the second enter: $ while read line > do > echo $line > done