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To: "Kirk Russell" <Krussell AT bju DOT edu>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: CreateFile() and fopen issues on vista
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 22:05:50 +0000
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> 2) When I issue a CreateFile() function call against f: which is a USB drive an 
> invalid handle error is returned.

In general, it is a bad idea to mix Windows APIs with cygwin, since
you are going behind cygwin's back, and can no longer guarantee
cygwin's POSIX-y behavior.  Using CreateFile from a cygwin program
is asking for problems.  Use fopen() or open() instead.

-- 
Eric Blake

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