uvtee example doesn't work on windows

[vtjnash]

In the uvtee example, uv_pipe_open(&file_pipe, fd) fails on windows because internally it calls uv_set_pipe_handle which only works on something that is actually a named pipe. Should I open an issue at libuv instead? I'm not sure how to fix it.

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I'm similarly not certain the example is fully functional on Linux either. Treating a pipe as a file isn't always valid. For example:

$ echo something > test.txt
$ ./uvtee hello.txt < test.txt 
Aborted (core dumped)

I have a hack that fixes this issue, I'm wondering if you think I should also submit this fix upstream?

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Thanks for the manual!

[nikhilm]

Thanks for bringing this up! I think the code in the book should have a check for the pipe-ness of the pipe. The fix itself will have to be upstream. I'd love a patch for the example.

[vtjnash]

I don't have a patch for the example, only for libuv on linux (although not high performant). I was pointing out that the statement in http://nikhilm.github.io/uvbook/filesystem.html#buffers-and-streams "This allows streaming local files [2]." is incorrect given libuv's current implementation on both the linux and windows operating systems -- specifically uv_pipe_open(&file_pipe, fd); fails or will cause libuv to abort().