Re: Named pipes (blocking problem)

2008-12-22 Thread John Emmas
- Original Message - From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Subject: Re: Named pipes (blocking problem) I'm going to have to change my email client so I have a reason to take advantage of this great feature you've added! ;-) Glad to be of service..! ;-) -- Unsubsc

Re: Named pipes (blocking problem)

2008-12-22 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
John Emmas wrote: - Original Message - From: "Christopher Faylor" Subject: Re: Named pipes (blocking problem) Why are you duplicating the subject in the body of the message? I know this is something that irks you and you often complain about it but in fact, it can be very

Re: Named pipes (blocking problem)

2008-12-22 Thread John Emmas
Thanks for that link Christopher. It was very helpful. - Original Message - From: "Christopher Faylor" Subject: Re: Named pipes (blocking problem) Why are you duplicating the subject in the body of the message? I know this is something that irks you and you often complai

Re: Named pipes (blocking problem)

2008-12-22 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 07:04:59PM -, John Emmas wrote: > - Original Message - From: "Christopher Faylor" > Sent: 22 December 2008 18:41 > Subject: Re: Named pipes (blocking problem) Why are you duplicating the subject in the body of the message? >>Cygwin tri

Re: Named pipes (blocking problem)

2008-12-22 Thread John Emmas
- Original Message - From: "Christopher Faylor" Sent: 22 December 2008 18:41 Subject: Re: Named pipes (blocking problem) Cygwin tries to emulate linux/POSIX. CreateNamedPipe is not a linux/POSIX function. Cygwin does not implement Windows functions. So, no, Cygwin does not

Re: Named pipes (blocking problem)

2008-12-22 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 06:23:40PM -, John Emmas wrote: > - Original Message - From: "Christopher Faylor" > Sent: 22 December 2008 17:28 > Subject: Re: Named pipes (blocking problem) >> >> If the OP is creating a pipe using CreateNamedPipe and then try

Re: Named pipes (blocking problem)

2008-12-22 Thread John Emmas
cking operation but I'll see what I can find out from Google. - Original Message - From: "Christopher Faylor" Sent: 22 December 2008 17:28 Subject: Re: Named pipes (blocking problem) If the OP is creating a pipe using CreateNamedPipe and then trying to somehow read it using

Re: Named pipes (blocking problem)

2008-12-22 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 05:03:02PM +, Dave Korn wrote: >John Emmas wrote: >> I'm trying to build a program that implements inter-process communication >> using named pipes. Because the code needs to also work under Windows >> (MSVC++) it uses CreateNamedPipe(...) to create the pipes (described

Re: Named pipes (blocking problem)

2008-12-22 Thread Dave Korn
John Emmas wrote: > I'm trying to build a program that implements inter-process communication > using named pipes. Because the code needs to also work under Windows > (MSVC++) it uses CreateNamedPipe(...) to create the pipes (described here):- > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365150(V