Message-ID:	<353C848D.41022A02@usa.net>
From:	Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh AT usa DOT net>
Organization:	The Chaos Zone
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Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Signals caught by subtasks
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Date:	Tue, 21 Apr 1998 11:39:20 GMT
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NNTP-Posting-Date:	Tue, 21 Apr 1998 07:39:20 EDT
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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If a DJGPP app launches a subtask, which is also a DJGPP app, and this then
catches SIGSEGV or another fatal signal, does this propagate all the way back to
leave the stunned user staring at a C:\ prompt? Or does the parent task simply
get a task returned with exit code 255?


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