"H. Peter Anvin" wrote: > > Johannes Sixt wrote: > > (*) The reason is that on Windows read() and write() cannot operate on > > descriptors created by socket(). A work-around is to implement a (threaded) > > proxy, but that's almost the same as if netcat were used as > > GIT_PROXY_COMMAND. > > > > Actually, I believe it can for the NT series kernels (at least 2000 or > later, not sure about the earlier ones), but not for the DOS-based ones. > > The trick is to use _open_osfhandle() to convert the file handle (a > WinAPI construct) to a file descriptor (which in Windows is a construct > of the C library.) I tried this, but it doesn't seem to work. I get an EINVAL at the first write() to the socket. I conclude that the things returned by socket() are not WinAPI file handles that are valid for WriteFile(). :( -- Hannes - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html