Subject: Re: swap file weirdness
To: dj AT stealth DOT ctron DOT com (DJ Delorie)
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 08:45:30 +0100 (MET)
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (user alias)
From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku AT acds DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Reply-To: Christoph Kukulies <kuku AT acds DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>

> 
> 
> Page files (well, any file) can get corrupted if the application exits
> in such a way that go32 doesn't get a chance to clean up properly.  As


What do you regard as "getting go32 a chance to clean up properly" ?
The program does return from the main() program. Maybe it even calls
exit() - don't know for sure, though at the moment.


> of 1.12, go32 paging files always have the string "go32 paging file"
> in the first block of the file, so that you can tell that that's what
> they are.
> 
> I've seen this happen myself, but I can't figure out a reliable and
> short way of reproducing it.
> 
> 

--Chris  Christoph P. U. Kukulies    kuku AT acds DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de	 
FreeBSD 2.0.0 (Development) #0: Tue Oct 11 22:00:50  1994
    root AT mvx1b1:/usr/src/sys/compile/JAZZ