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RE: Thread error using named pipe / FIFO on latest version of cygwin
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 18:59:55 +0100
- Subject: RE: Thread error using named pipe / FIFO on latest version of cygwin
----Original Message----
>From: Allan Wilkins
>Sent: 07 June 2005 11:22
> I am receiving the following error whilst using a FIFO
> on the latest versions of cygwin:
>
> C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe (2056): *** WFMO failed
> waiting for cygthread '(null)'
>
> To reproduce the problem:
>
> Open two cygwin bash shells. In the first enter:
>
> $ mkfifo TEST
> $ echo "Hello World" >TEST
>
>
> In the second enter:
>
> $ while read line
> > do
> > echo $line
> > done <TEST
>
> The following error will then be displayed:
>
> C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe (2056): *** WFMO failed
> waiting for cygthread '(null)'
Fails for me too, although at least that '(null)' is replaced by the
somewhat more informative 'read_pipe'. Haven't looked any more closely yet.
cheers,
DaveK
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