Re: Moving/Deleting open files isn't portable

2000-03-21 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Earnie Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sorry, sent too soon. Also, GNU's Not Unix, and the intent of autoconf is > software portability. Indeed, and I don't mind people putting patches in to deal. But my tests don't worry about it, and I don't want GNU maintainers to think they have an obli

Re: Moving/Deleting open files isn't portable

2000-03-21 Thread Earnie Boyd
--- "Thomas Bushnell, BSG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Earnie Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Haven't thought of one yet. But whatever the fix entails it will > > have to close the fd to foo before the mv/rm. > > In that case, Win-32 is not Posix compliant, and it should not be a > sign

Re: Moving/Deleting open files isn't portable

2000-03-21 Thread Earnie Boyd
--- "Thomas Bushnell, BSG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Earnie Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Haven't thought of one yet. But whatever the fix entails it will > > have to close the fd to foo before the mv/rm. > > In that case, Win-32 is not Posix compliant, and it should not be a > sign

Re: Moving/Deleting open files isn't portable

2000-03-21 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Earnie Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Haven't thought of one yet. But whatever the fix entails it will > have to close the fd to foo before the mv/rm. In that case, Win-32 is not Posix compliant, and it should not be a significant priority of the GNU Project to support it.

Re: Moving/Deleting open files isn't portable

2000-03-20 Thread Alexandre Oliva
On Mar 20, 2000, Earnie Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ah. That's nice to know. I have release 2.13. I need to find a > good free ssh client for Win32 so that I can download the CVS > version. You don't need ssh for :pserver:anoncvs > Any suggestions? Nope, sorry. -- Alexandre Oliva

Re: Moving/Deleting open files isn't portable

2000-03-20 Thread Earnie Boyd
--- Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 20, 2000, Earnie Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> | This break autoheader for Win32. > > >> What fix do you suggest? > > > Haven't thought of one yet. But whatever the fix entai

Re: Moving/Deleting open files isn't portable

2000-03-20 Thread Alexandre Oliva
On Mar 20, 2000, Earnie Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> | This break autoheader for Win32. >> What fix do you suggest? > Haven't thought of one yet. But whatever the fix entails it will > have to close the fd to foo before the mv/rm. IIRC,

Re: Moving/Deleting open files isn't portable

2000-03-20 Thread Earnie Boyd
--- Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > | The following can't be done on DOS/WIN32: > | #! /bin/sh > | exec > foo > | mv foo bar > | > | > | Nor can > | > | #! /bin/sh > | exec > foo > | rm -f foo > | > | > | This break autoheader for Win32. > > What fix do you suggest? Haven't th

Re: Moving/Deleting open files isn't portable

2000-03-20 Thread Akim Demaille
| The following can't be done on DOS/WIN32: | #! /bin/sh | exec > foo | mv foo bar | | | Nor can | | #! /bin/sh | exec > foo | rm -f foo | | | This break autoheader for Win32. What fix do you suggest?

Moving/Deleting open files isn't portable

2000-03-20 Thread Earnie Boyd
The following can't be done on DOS/WIN32: #! /bin/sh exec > foo mv foo bar Nor can #! /bin/sh exec > foo rm -f foo This break autoheader for Win32. Regards, = --- Earnie Boyd: __Cygwin: POSIX on Windows__ Cygwin Newbies: