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 -- 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
