On Thu, 04 Oct 2018 18:02:03, Houder wrote: > On Wed, 03 Oct 2018 20:46:11, Houder wrote: > > On Wed, 3 Oct 2018 15:37:14, Ole Tange wrote: > > > 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. > > My apologies. Did not read your post as careful as I should have the first > time. > You are correct: grep is in error here.
Filed this bug at bug-g...@gnu.org; it is filed under number 32943. - https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=32943 Regards, Henri -- 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
