From:	sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
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Subject:	Re: 4NT pipe problems [was Re: First round of XP tests]
To:	eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
Date:	Fri, 12 Oct 2001 06:49:13 -0500 (CDT)
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> > From: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
> > Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 22:25:26 -0500 (CDT)
> > 
> > More interesting information.  If the second image in the pipe does
> > not use the pipe (such as djecho hi | djecho low) it does not hang.
> > Dev info on handle zero when piped in 4nt shows 0 (a bogus value
> > as expected).  I suspect some operation we are doing on this pipe
> > is causing us to hang (something in fstat?)
> 
> It cannot be `fstat', I think, because the only library functions
> which call `fstat' are `link' and fpathconf.  And djecho doesn't call
> these, IIRC.

djecho doesn't hang when used as the downstream either (since it does
not touch stdin/handle 0).

> It would help to know where exactly (in what library function) does
> the thing hang.  

On the list of things to do ...

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