From: cgf@cygnus.com (Christopher G. Faylor) Subject: Re: open file handles inherited? 30 Jul 1998 16:32:11 GMT Message-ID: <6pq76b$ig9$1@cronkite.cygnus.com> References: <000101bdbb00$d4819c60$732ddd80.cygnus.gnu-win32@cpc45115.us.dg.com> X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test63 (15 March 1998) In article <000101bdbb00$d4819c60$732ddd80.cygnus.gnu-win32@cpc45115.us.dg.com>, Peter Mularski wrote: >Hello, > >I have a question. Are open file handles inherited by exec'ed processes? If >not, how can I get this to happen? I know under VC++, you can set the >_fileinfo global, but is there something akin to this in cygwin? Thanks in >advance... In cygwin32 opened file handles are inherited by exec processes unless you have set the "close on exec" flag using fcntl. -- cgf@cygnus.com "Everything has a boolean value, if you stand http://www.cygnus.com/ far enough away from it." -- Galena Alyson Canada