Wan-Teh Chang wrote:
>
> Dean Gaudet wrote:
>
> > So is there any way that we'll be able to get timeouts on reads
> > from/writes to CGIs under WIN32? That's my main concern. If there is a
> > way, then I will add the unix code for it and leave the win32 code for
> > someone else. If there isn't a way... I'll have to bang my head against
> > the wall or something.
>
> How about "mail slots"? It is message-based, one-way IPC.
> CreateMailslot() can specify a "read timeout" argument.
>
> I guess you can ignore the message boundaries and use it
> as you would use a pipe.
>
> I have never used this thing though. Just found it in the Microsoft
> docs.
Nor me, but it does look like it might do the job. Just.
Cheers,
Ben.
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