# Error in Starling on Windows

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-starling-on-windows/186064>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 31, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-starling-on-windows/186064 "2010-03-31T04:50:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kyung\_won\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/47e85d/32.png) [@Kyung\_won\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kyung_won_C)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-starling-on-windows/186064/1 "2010-03-31T04:50:23Z")

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- Windows7

d:\> ruby -v  
ruby 1.8.6 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 287) [i386-mswin32]

d:\> starling --version  
Starling 0.10.0

d:\> gem search eventmachine  
eventmachine (0.12.10)

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Errno::EBADF: Bad file descriptor - /var/spool/starling/test  
in ‘write\_nonblock’

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Is write\_nonblock not supported on Windows?

Help Me^^

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**Author:** ![Kyung\_won\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/47e85d/32.png) [@Kyung\_won\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kyung_won_C)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 10:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-starling-on-windows/186064/2 "2010-03-31T10:43:07Z")

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On Mar 31, 4:50 am, Kyung won Cheon [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

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> Errno::EBADF: Bad file descriptor - /var/spool/starling/test  
> in ‘write\_nonblock’
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> Is write\_nonblock not supported on Windows?

It is, but it might be blocking on 1.8.7, not in 1.9.1

Either way, what is incorrect is the hardcoded path defined inside.  
there is no /var/spool/starling/test on Windows.