> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Peter Åstrand
> Sent: 05 December 2004 16:18
> To: cygwin
> Subject: short fread(), but no ferror/feof
>
>
> I've discovered that fread(ptr, size, nitems, stream)
> sometimes returns a
> value less than "nitems", but does not set feof() nor ferror().
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Bob Smart
> Sent: 05 December 2004 20:56
> To: cygwin
> Subject: Cygwin FIFO does not see EOF (NT4sp6, DLL 1.5.11)
>
> It appears to me that pipe (FIFO) readers don't get the same
> indication of EOF in Cygwin that they do in Linux. The
> following Korn script works as I think it should with Linux:
> at startup it shows that the FIFO doesn't exist and there's
> no "cat" running; then it prints the test text; then it shows
> that the FIFO and the "cat" go away.
>
> With Cygwin, the "cat" never finishes, even though nobody has
> the pipe open for writing. Experimentation by running the
> "echo" and "cat" manually (in separate shells and windows)
> lead me to think that the "cat" simply never sees EOF on the
> pipe.
LOL! It's a conspiracy I tell ya!
cheers,
DaveK
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