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Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 22:09:11 -0400
From: Charles Wilson <cygwin AT cwilson DOT fastmail DOT fm>
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Subject: Re: 1.5.3s: /dev/clipboard does not work for non-cygwin programs
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Christopher Faylor wrote:

> /dev/clipboard is not a device as far as a normal Windows program is
> concerned.  There is no true handle associated with it.  /dev/clipboard
> will not work with windows apps.

You can also use putclip and getclip, two cygwin programs from the 
cygutils package:

ipconfig | putclip
getclip > output

--
Chuck



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