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Re: ExitProcess() with negative argument -> zero exit status from wait*()


On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 01:25:23PM -0400, Bob Byrnes wrote:
>I don't want to mix APIs.  I just want a clean interface between processes.
>Shouldn't cygwin at least try to interoperate with native win32 apps?
>Failing to do so really limits its usefulness, IMO.

Cygwin uses the values in ExitProcess to signal parent processes in a
unix-like way.  If that is not the way that you want to use it, then I
don't have any other suggestions.

cgf

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