-------------------------------------------------- Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> wrote: (10/02/2015 18:34)
> On 02/10/2015 09:46 AM, Helmut Karlowski wrote: > >> The same test from the command line: > >> > >> $ stat -c %i /dev/tty - 0>/dev/tty > >> 327680 > >> 8912896 > >> > >> use any other (already-existing) file to see that the two numbers should > >> normally be the same. > > > > Don't know why, but cygwin is not the only OS that does that. I'd > > suggest to check for terminal or something. > > Umm, what other OS changes the inode from what you called stat() on to Well, I tested again and found that the inode only changes when I do this in bash: ksh: 675|/home/root}stat -c %i /tmp/tty - 0>/tmp/tty 835940 835940 676|/home/root}bash root@IRAC root # stat -c %i /dev/tty - 0>/dev/tty 713246 80052544 Ths OS is MiNT. On cygwin in both cases the inode changes. Again: I would not use the inode of a special file at all. -Helmut -- 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
