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Re: mknod
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Eric Blake |
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Re: mknod |
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Thu, 14 Apr 2005 18:09:55 -0600 |
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According to Costa on 4/14/2005 8:07 AM:
> Hi Everybody,
>
> I have a problem on cygwin:
You should ask this question on the cygwin mailing list, address@hidden
>
> mknod pipe p
POSIX states that named pipes (aka fifos) are only portable if used in one
direction (ie. you can't open them read-write and expect portable
results). Beyond that, named pipes are a relatively new addition to
cygwin, and there are still bugs being ironed out. For example,
$ mkfifo f # shorthand for mknod f p
$ ls -iF f
1125899907358221 f|
$ mv f f1
$ ls -iF f1
1125899907358221 f1
preserves the inode, but changes the file type from pipe to a regular file
(read-only at that).
- --
Life is short - so eat dessert first!
Eric Blake address@hidden
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- mknod, Costa , João Pereira Gonçalves , VF-PT, 2005/04/14