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fork - Is there a problem:
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- Subject: fork - Is there a problem:
- From: Soumen Biswas <sbiswas at novell dot com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 07:52:56 -0600
Hi ,
I am new to gnu-win32 . I have the following prob:
while forking ( ver - b18 .)
/* Example Code*/
int main()
{
int x;
if( !fork() )
printf("Child\n" );
else
printf("Parent\n");
/* If wait is commented out the program shows errors*/
wait( &x ) ;
return x ;
}
The the above code works fine BUT IF wait() is commented out the program
becomes unpredictable ( sometimes it works ... sometimes
shows EXCEPTION TRAPPED ... I think it depends on which process finishes
first - chid || parent .
Is the above behaviour a bug or is
this the way fork() is supposed to work in cygwin
Is there a workaround ?????
thanx
Soumen
sbiswas@novell.com
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