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Re: 1.1.8: "cat > /dev/null" bombs out


On Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 06:58:03AM +0000, slower slowest wrote:
>I type "cat > /dev/null" and I get "Invalid Request Code" (bash) or
>"cannot create /dev/null: error 54" (sh).
>
>I type "cat >> /dev/null" and no problems.
>
>It wouldn't bother me except it completely screws up the if statements
>in configure scripts because they detect a failure when there isn't
>really one.
>
>I also got the same thing with previous cygwin1.dll versions.
>
>Sounds like a bug to me.

It sure does.  I wonder what's wrong with your system.

Obviously this isn't a generic bug because a lot of people are running
configure scripts.

You probably want to check out the "Bug reporting" link on the cygwin
web site:  http://cygwin.com/ .

cgf

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