Alex Vinokur wrote: > char* ptr = (char*)mmap(0, sz, PROT_READ, 0, fd, 0); > > errno = 0; > if (ptr != MAP_FAILED) > { > string str(ptr, ptr+sz); > munmap(ptr, sz); > } > else > { > assert (ptr == MAP_FAILED); > printf ("=== Error : %u %s ===\n", errno, strerror (errno)); > }
> The program prints: > === Error : 0 No error === Of course it does, since you set errno = 0, what else could you possibly expect? Remove that line if you want to know why mmap() fails. Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/