Hi Corinna, Thanks for your advice. On Fri, 8 Mar 2019 15:11:18 +0100 Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > In Linux, connect() in the client returns befor the > > server calls accept(). However, in cygwin, connect() > > does not return until the server calls accept(). > > This is a result of the handshake to exchange credentials for > getpeereid(). To workaround this issue, try building screen > with a tweak. Server and as client should call > > setsockopt (sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_PEERCRED, NULL, 0); > > before calling accept or connect. Following your advice, I tried the patch attached and confirmed the problem regarding -Q option is solved. -- Takashi Yano