From d3ec5473942c4ada63519ca69a920a078a0cc7b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: stefan schippers <stefan.schippers@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 16:51:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] recognize CYGWIN systems in proc execute_fileevent

---
 src/xschem.tcl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/xschem.tcl b/src/xschem.tcl
index 3755a8ae..a295d4de 100644
--- a/src/xschem.tcl
+++ b/src/xschem.tcl
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ proc execute_fileevent {id} {
   global execute OS has_x errorCode
 
   append execute(data,$id) [read $execute(pipe,$id) 1024]
-  if { $OS != {Windows} } {
+  if { ![regexp -nocase {windows} $OS] && ![regexp -nocase {cygwin} $OS]} {
     set eof [eof $execute(pipe,$id)]
     # handle processes that close stdout. Read pipe will go into eof condition
     # but process is still running. Doing a close operation in blocking mode