This works: $ mkfifo fifo $ echo > fifo & grep . fifo [1] 10232 [1]+ Done echo > fifo
But this fails: $ echo > fifo & grep . < fifo [1] 11756 grep: (standard input): Invalid argument [1]+ Done echo > fifo I see the same behavior on MINGW, but I do not see the same behavior on GNU/Linux. Regards, Ole Tange -- 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
