On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 05:39:17AM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote: >On 14 May 2013 01:23, Jack Adrian Zappa wrote: >>In any case, how does Linux deal with this issue? > >I don't know. A buffer on the terminal's side of the pty? Automatic >deadlock detection in the kernel, causing one of the blocking writes to >fail?
More likely, I suspect that Linux does not try to use Windows pipes to emulate ptys and so does not suffer from buffer stalls and races. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
