From: cgf AT bbc DOT com (Christopher Faylor) Subject: Re: rxvt and latest Ian's changes. 2 Feb 1998 14:05:11 -0800 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com To: cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com In article <199802021941 DOT OAA11988 AT subrogation DOT cygnus DOT com>, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > I just took a look at the code again, and maybe I'm missing something, > but is there any reason why the handles could not be handed back to > the master when all of the slaves close the pty? The master would > then have an extra couple of handles that may or may not ever be used > again but if a child requests the pty it would be able to retrieve > the handles. > >The desired effect is to close all the write handles to the pipe, so >that the master, which is hanging in read, gets an EOF. Copying the >handles back to the master will not achieve this effect. Of course. Duh. I was just missing the point, that's all. -- http://www.bbc.com/ cgf AT bbc DOT com "Strange how unreal VMS=>UNIX Solutions Boston Business Computing the real can be."