From:	newsham AT lava DOT net (Tim Newsham)
Subject:	Re: close-on-exec doesnt work for spawn*()
27 May 1998 11:53:51 -0700 :
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To:	cgf AT cygnus DOT com (Christopher Faylor)
Cc:	cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com

> There is also a SetHandle function that would do this on a Win32 basis, but
> I believe it is only available for NT 4 and beyond.

On a related note:

    Is there any way to get a hold of a handle given the unix-type
    file descriptor in cygwin?

This would allow certain work arounds to be used in user code (without
modifying cygwin's dll).  It would also be handy for using devices;
A program could open a device and do normal file io on it, and could
still use the devices IO control operations through the win32 handle.

> cgf

                                             Tim N.

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