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From: Mike Shi <shimeike AT gmail DOT com>
Subject:  Re: Cygwin xfig eps problem
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 00:39:22 +0000 (UTC)
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Franz Haeuslschmid <lukrez <at> gmx.at> writes:
> 
> Mike,
> 
> I think I've found the reason for XFig's strange behavior.

Franz - Well, you got further with the source than I did!

Once I saw that (a) xfig always created files of the same name (based on the
PID), (b) that file remained throughout the xfig session after an EPS import,
and (c) that I was never able to see the file after doing the same with xfig
running on Linux (since, as you discovered, it should get immediately deleted
once xfig has used it!), I figured it was a windows filesystem/permissions type
problem that was beyond my expertise and that I was unlikely to get much help
with since (i) the majority of xfig users likely run it happily on *nix, and
(ii) it appears that there aren't many cygwin users (i.e. 2 at the moment!) who
find the problem an annoyance ...

BUT, thanks to your curiosity and subsequent investigations, it seems that we
may have an answer.

Franz Haeuslschmid <lukrez <at> gmx.at> writes:
> On the other hand, I'm wondering why `unlink' doesn't remove the
> file as it should do.

I'm afraid I'm not going to be of much help to you here ... ;-)

Looks like I'll have to get the X11 development stuff installed on my box when I
get back to it to try your idea. Thanks for your efforts - I'll let you know how
it goes.

Cheers,
Mike




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