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Re: mkfifo (GNU fileutils) 4.0
- To: <gerrit at familiehaase dot de>,<cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: Re: mkfifo (GNU fileutils) 4.0
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 22:05:17 +1000
- References: <3AF9561A.23856.370587@localhost>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerrit P. Haase" <gerrit.haase@t-online.de>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 10:37 PM
Subject: mkfifo (GNU fileutils) 4.0
> mkfifo (GNU fileutils) 4.0
>
> I got an error using mkfifo:
> mkfifo: cannot make fifo ... : Function not implemented
>
> So, what is mkfifo good for?
>
fifo's are not implemented. I've got a fifo implementation here that has
trouble on fork :[. If I get time to debug it I'll submit it as a patch
to cygwin..
mkfifo is part of gnu fileutils and simply calls the system function
mkfifo or mknod.
Rob
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