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class=317460109-16122002>Hi,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=317460109-16122002>I am new to cygwin.I
am creating a windows named pipe using the normal windows
api.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=317460109-16122002>In the cygwin
documetation it is said that select call works for file descriptors,handles
etc.Can I able to pass this handle directly to a select
call?</SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=317460109-16122002>if no can I use
cygwin_attach_handle_to_fd() provided by cygwin to convert it to a file
descriptor?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=317460109-16122002>If yes what is the
first parameter i need to pass to this method?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=317460109-16122002>Further can i be
able to use the descriptor returned by this method in a select
call?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=317460109-16122002>Alternatly,is there
any way in which i can implement named pipes in cygwin(like
fifo's)?</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>