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On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 10:49:45AM +0000, Andreas wrote:
>I'm already into the second day researching this simple issue, 
>all sources state that blocking is the normal behavior, no work 
>mates can help, but: It runs as expected on our server!
>
>So, is this a cygwin issue? Here's some version information. Please 
>give me a hint anyone, it's really annoying being stuck with something 
>as simple as this.

It's probably a cygwin issue.  fifo support in Cygwin 1.5.* is
experimental with a "what you see is what you get".

Patches will be thoughtfully considered.

cgf

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