>>>> However, that said, the above WJFFM. In fact, it works more like >>>> linux in 1.5.16 than it does on 1.5.15, i.e., the cat command exits >>>> after printing "YOUR TEXT HERE" whereas it continues to block in >>>> 1.5.15.
>> I tried the 4/30 snapshot of cygwin1.dll. It exhibited the behavior >> you mentioned with the 'cat' exiting after it reads text. However, >> this is a bad thing. It means that the FIFO is being set EOF after >> there is no more data. I tried my client-server app with the >> snapshot cygwin1.dll, and it failed because of this. >> >> It seems to me that the behavior of FIFOs under 1.5.15 was correct, >> and that under both 1.5.16 and the snapshot, FIFOs are now broken.
> FWIW, I just tested your example under Solaris 8 and it works just > like Christopher describes.
Okay. I have seen the error of my ways. I'm going to rewrite my app to use UPD instead.
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