On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 12:08:48PM -0400, Rolf Campbell wrote: >Christopher Faylor wrote: >>I would be astonished if a non-cygwin program could understand a >>cygwin-specific device like /dev/clipboard. > >I was running this all from bash. Isn't it bash that sets up the it's >i/o handles before forking the sub-process? So, theoretically, >couldn't cygwin do something special if it is launching a non-cygwin >app with cygwin-specific devices as it's i/o handles?
/dev/clipboard is not a device as far as a normal Windows program is concerned. There is no true handle associated with it. /dev/clipboard will not work with windows apps. -- Please use the resources at cygwin.com rather than sending personal email. Special for spam email harvesters: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and be permanently blocked from mailing lists at sources.redhat.com -- 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/
