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Subject: Re: Cygwin 1.7.13 regression: Inheritance of /dev/clipboard filedesc fails
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Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
> From: Christian Franke
>
>> Confirmed :-)
> Yes, but...
>
> $ uname -vrs
> CYGWIN_NT-5.1 1.7.14s(0.260/5/3) 20120406 19:41:34
> $ echo test1 | cat>  /dev/clipboard
> $ cat<  /dev/clipboard
> test1
> $ getclip
> [Garbage]test[Garbage]
> ...
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)

This is unrelated. Apparently getclip is no longer compatible with 
current cygwin. The cygwin native clipboard format has changed. New 
format starts with a timestamp which is interpreted as data size by getclip.

BTW: I would suggest to start CYGWIN_NATIVE_CLIPBOARD format with a 
version number that can be checked by external programs.

Christian


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