I see, I would concur based on the definition of the error code you quoted. I consulted only my memory just now, since I ran the same general test last week. Eric Blake wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 >> According to cygwin at sipxx.com on 8/21/2009 3:56 PM: >>> It does reject the argument if the upper bound is reached. On the lower >> end, the linux man page does not specify that negative numbers are not >> allowed as arguments. >>>> But POSIX does (and Linux at least obeys this part of POSIX, whether or > not its man page says so): >> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/fcntl.html >> [EINVAL] > The cmd argument is invalid, or the cmd argument is F_DUPFD or > F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC and arg is negative or greater than or equal to {OPEN_MAX} >> - -- > Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! >> Eric Blake ebb9@byu.net > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) > Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ >> iEYEARECAAYFAkqPGdwACgkQ84KuGfSFAYBy2gCbBXVRtJzovBs4QFiBq9/SodMR > 6jEAoLAhkJOh9M1Uj/oZd9XINog+n0UT > =KvA4 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >>> -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple