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RE: Done with passing File Descriptors!
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at syncretize dot net>
- To: "'David E Euresti'" <davie at MIT dot EDU>,<cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 06:30:59 +1000
- Subject: RE: Done with passing File Descriptors!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of David E Euresti
> Sent: Thursday, 13 June 2002 6:22 AM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Done with passing File Descriptors!
>
>
> Hello,
> I patched the sendmsg and recvmsg calls to behave like 4.3BSD in
> passing file descriptors between processes using Unix Domain Sockets.
> Currently you can pass sockets, and pipes. (I've sent lots
> of posts about
> this just search for my name)
Cool.
> I've got working code (modifying the dll and the
> cygserver) and I
> can send the patch and you may look at it if you like. But
> where should I
> send the patch, here or cygwin-developers? And if
> cygwin-developers how
> do I subscribe to that list?
>From www.cygwin.com/lists.html - cygwin patches. If the code needs
design discussions and so forth, then cygwin-developers become on topic,
and you should join. Again, from the same page: "You can subscribe to or
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> It's a pretty big patch, so I assume you'll need an assignment,
> but at the same time I'm a college student working on my Thesis, so I
> don't think they'll be a problem, but I'll ask my advisor.
Cool. Please wait to send it in until you've got the assignment in the
mail (and perhaps a scanned copy sent to Chris (Chris is this ok?) to
expedite things).
Rob
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