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Re: [1.7.27] cannot redirect output to /dev/clipboard: "write error: Permission denied"
- From: Warren Young <warren at etr-usa dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2014 17:20:58 -0700
- Subject: Re: [1.7.27] cannot redirect output to /dev/clipboard: "write error: Permission denied"
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- References: <CAOh4nmnXb-WRsiHqdTtX+5-4FjBFJ53VkWH4=dN5Hi0mPRkkZg at mail dot gmail dot com> <20140107155305 dot GK2440 at calimero dot vinschen dot de>
On 1/7/2014 08:53, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
On Jan 7 00:29, Jeremy Hetzler wrote:
I am getting errors when using bash redirect syntax to write to
/dev/clipboard. Reading works ok.
# this does not work
$ echo "foo bar" >file.txt
$ cat file.txt >/dev/clipboard
cat: write error: Permission denied
That's supposed to be fixed in CVS since 2013-12-10. Try a recent
snapshot.
I just saw this, too, and the 20140105 snapshot fixes it for me.
I tested on both x86 and x86_64, Windows 8.1.
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