From asr at ufl.edu  Tue Aug 11 17:28:56 2009
From: asr at ufl.edu (Allen S. Rout)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:28:56 -0400
Subject: [Rd] FIFO on windows, redux
Message-ID: <44wpf1vnifjyf.fsf@crepe.osg.ufl.edu>


Are FIFOs supported in modern windowsen?  The help() for connections
that discusses fifos suggests that they are not 

>  (They do work on most Unix platforms, and all but 'fifo' on
>  Windows.)

and that they are

> On platforms where 'vsnprintf' does not return the needed length of
> output (e.g., Windows) there is a 100,000 character output limit on
> the length of line for 'fifo', 'gzfile' and 'bzfile' connections:
> longer lines will be truncated with a warning.


and the discussions about FIFO support I've found online talk about
support existing on "NT descendants" but not '98 or ME.

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.r.devel/4458/match=fifo+windows




My apologies for not just installing a windows box and trying it; I
don't own any licenses at the moment, and I kind of like it that
way. :)

It seemed like a doc clarification was in order, whichever way it went. 


- Allen S. Rout



[Rd] FIFO on windows, redux
Allen S. Rout