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Re: 1.5.3s: /dev/clipboard does not work for non-cygwin programs


Christopher Faylor wrote:

/dev/clipboard is not a device as far as a normal Windows program is
concerned.  There is no true handle associated with it.  /dev/clipboard
will not work with windows apps.

You can also use putclip and getclip, two cygwin programs from the cygutils package:


ipconfig | putclip
getclip > output

--
Chuck



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