mkfifo - anyone got a working version ?

mkfifo - anyone got a working version ?

[Lavelle, Neil]

Hi All,
 
It's documented that the latest release of cygwin does not support mkfifo (I
certainly get "Function not implemented" when I call it), however it also
seems from a number of relatively old (> 1 year) discussions I've read on
the developers list that there may be a working prototype or two out there,
or indeed that there may be a fully completed version. This kind of leads me
on to think that perhaps someone out there might be able to let me have a
version that supports mkfifo, even if it's in an early development state ...
 
Anyone out there know of such a version and if they do could I get hold of
it in some way ? 
 
FYI I'm running on NT4.0 SP6
 
Thanks in advance
 
Neil


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Re: mkfifo - anyone got a working version ?

[Max Bowsher]

From: "Lavelle, Neil" <nlavelle@orchestream.com>
> It's documented that the latest release of cygwin does not support mkfifo
(I
> certainly get "Function not implemented" when I call it), however it also
> seems from a number of relatively old (> 1 year) discussions I've read on
> the developers list that there may be a working prototype or two out
there,
> or indeed that there may be a fully completed version.

I had a go at integrating Robert Collins' old FIFO patch into current
Cygwin, but soon realized I would need to develop a better understanding
Cygwin internals to complete it. I'm starting university in a few days...
maybe come Christmas break :-)

Max.


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