--- IO-AIO/AIO.pm	2005/07/31 18:45:48	1.24
+++ IO-AIO/AIO.pm	2005/07/31 21:21:12	1.25
@@ -318,7 +318,10 @@
    # try to generate nice filehandles
    my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
    local *$sym;
-   open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]"
+
+   open *$sym, "+<&$_[0]"      # usually under any unix
+      or open *$sym, "<&$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
+      or open *$sym, ">&$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
       or return undef;
 
    *$sym