Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:23:07 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: named pipe (fifo) question
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On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 09:48:09AM -0400, bob 295 wrote:
>(I'm on the list in digest mode so things can't thread easily)
>
>On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 11:01:55AM -0400, bob 295 wrote:
>>>I'm porting a library from Linux to Cygwin and I've encountered a problem 
>with 
>>>the behavior of named pipes (fifo's).
>>>...
>>>Is this the intended POSIX behavior?   Is the problem the RDWR open? 
>
>>The problem is that Cygwin's implementation of fifos is very buggy.  I 
>wouldn't
>>recommend using them for anything but the simplest of applications.
>
>Here is some sample code I've been playing with which produces clean results 
>on Linux but totally wonky results on Cygwin.

The problem is that Cygwin's implementation of fifos is very buggy.  I
wouldn't recommend using fifos for anything but the simplest of
applications.

cgf

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