X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Mail-Handler: MailHop Outbound by DynDNS X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse AT dyndns DOT com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/mailhop/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX18O93CE6DfAIAZHH/0jn8uz Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:33:51 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Process Substitution / Named Pipes in cygwin 1.7.11-1 Message-ID: <20120411183351.GA3571@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <1f0f0eab-5f3c-48f7-a79f-befb90397894 AT malth DOT us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 06:17:40PM -0000, Gregory M. Turner wrote: >----- Original Message (Me) ----- >> ----- Original Message (Corinna) ----- >> > On Apr 3 10:32, Sven Severus wrote: >> > > On Apr 2 17:33, Corinna Vinschen wrote >> > > > > Hello all, >> > > > > >> > > > > I am running Cygwin DLL 1.7.11-1 and the bash command >> > > > > "cat < <(echo 1234)" (not very profound, ok) works fine >> > > > > on my Win7-64 box. >> > > > > >> [snip] >> > > >Does /dev/fd exist and is it a symlink to /proc/self/fd? >> > > >> > > It does not exist. >> > > >> [snip] >> > Why not start with >> > >> > ln -s /proc/self/fd /dev/fd >> >> Haven't been able to clear out the process table or generally to >> "get all diagnostic" on it yet; it's on my list but I really >> must finish some paperwork for a certain government agency. > >I couldn't resist just one little experiment. On my box: > > $ diff -u <(echo foo) <(echo bar) > >is enough to establish that something ain't right. Reproducible >for me using the latest setup.exe goodies as of last night. > >But I really must resist delving into this further; I'm sure you know >how irritable some people can get when they don't get their >"protection money" on time ;) I suspect that it probably about as irritable as certain people get when "bug reports" are couched in colorful adjective-laden language without any actual concrete details. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple