From: daz <dooby@...10.karoo.co.uk>
Date: 2004-03-28T08:59:24+09:00
Subject: Re: mkfifo on windows


Ara.T.Howard wrote:
>
> windoze types-
>

yeah, whaddyawant ?                                       :>


> but am unsure if windows has a posix compliant mkfifo call?

I think not.
Having http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ installed with a
mkfifo.exe included, led me to try it.  Further research
revealed that it's a dummy prog that outputs:

"D:\UNIX\USR\LOCAL\WBIN\MKFIFO.EXE: fifo files not supported"


> require 'io/wait'

io/wait may be standard lib, but it doesn't install on bccwin32
(headers sys/ioctl.h, sys/filio.h not available)

<mkmf.log for io/wait>
"cpp32 -ID:/ruby/SOURCE~1/cvs_head/bccwin32 -ID:/RUBY/SOURCE~1/CVS_HEAD -I. -ID:/RUBY/SOURCE~1/CVS_HEAD/BCC32/../ -ID:/RUBY/SOURCE~1
/CVS_HEAD/BCC32/../missing /q /k- /w- /v- /O2  conftest.c "
conftest.c:
checked program was:
/* begin */
#include <ruby.h>
/*top*/
#ifndef DOSISH
# error
#endif
/* end */
</mkmf.log>

That doesn't seem to indicate an error but it still doesn't run the makefile.
- can't see it in a PragProg mswin32 install, either.


>   echo __done__ 1>&2    # signals end of stderr

This form doesn't work on Win9x, WinNT only ?
(perhaps you're not using it in the main prog, but FYI)

Hope that doesn't permanently deter you from multi-platform consideration.


daz