> I have a client-server application written in Perl that reads > and writes using FIFOs. It works fine under cygwin-1.5.15-1, > but fails under > cygwin-1.5.16-1 because it cannot read from the FIFO. > > To test this, open two shells. In one shell, type: > cd /tmp > mkfifo FIFO > cat <FIFO > > In the other shell, you can send text to the first shell using: > cd /tmp > echo YOUR TEXT HERE >>FIFO > > After you're done, just ^C in the first window. > > Under 1.5.15, the above works fine. > > Under 1.5.16, no text goes through the FIFO. Further, the > echo command hangs, and will not terminate with ^C. A 'ps' > shows an 'O' for this stuck shell. You have to do a kill -9 > on the shell to terminate it.
FIFOs are not fully implemented in Cygwin yet, but thank you for the test case. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- 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/