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Re: mkfifo doesn't work??
- From: Marcos Lorenzo <marcos at it dot uc3m dot es>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 10:00:44 +0100 (CET)
- Subject: Re: mkfifo doesn't work??
Christopher Faylor <cgf-cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote [Yesterday -0500]
CF > On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 07:08:17PM +0100, Marcos Lorenzo wrote:
CF > >mkfifo version 4.1 doesn't work?
CF >
CF > No.
CF >
CF > >Do I need to update fileutils to get this function implemented?
CF >
CF > No.
CF >
CF > >I'm really surprised, why is there an executable mkfifo if it's not
CF > >implemented?
CF >
CF > Meanness.
CF >
CF > cgf
Well I expected more verbosity... I mean why is this not implemented? NTFS
restrictions? Will it be implemented in the future?
I have a backup script that uses mkfifo. Obviously it is ported from a
LinBox and I wanted to use it on cygwin.
m4c.
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