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Re: pipe chmod patch


On Sat, Dec 25, 2004 at 11:30:13PM -0800, Jeremy Lin wrote:
>This trivial patch allows chmod to work on FIFOs. Actually, it doesn't
>seem to allow changing mode for group or other, but it's good enough
>for my purposes (i.e., to make 'screen' be able to detach/attach). Let
>me know if anything needs to be changed.

I thought I'd responded to this but apparently I hadn't.  Sorry for the
delay.

I appreciate the patch, but the problem was more far-reaching than just
pipes and needed to be fixed in a more generic way.  The current snapshot
should solve this problem.

Btw, please be advised that fifo support in cygwin should still be
considered experimental.

cgf


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