Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com List-Unsubscribe: List-Archive: List-Help: , Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 20:05:53 -0400 From: Chris Faylor To: Mumit Khan Cc: unknown user , cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: fork() Message-ID: <19990731200553.B1377@cygnus.com> References: <19990731023555.42209.qmail@hotmail.com> <199907310528.AAA02458@mercury.xraylith.wisc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.6i In-Reply-To: <199907310528.AAA02458@mercury.xraylith.wisc.edu>; from Mumit Khan on Sat, Jul 31, 1999 at 12:28:20AM -0500 On Sat, Jul 31, 1999 at 12:28:20AM -0500, Mumit Khan wrote: >"unknown user" writes: >> I'm trying to compile a Linux program that uses fork() ... it just crashes >> if i compile it with fork() so i have to comment out fork().. are there >> anyway to simulate fork() function under Windows 95/98 so it runs in >> background as it's suppose to like on Linux? Any help would be thankful. > >Why don't show us what you're trying to do? fork() in general does work >fine under Cygwin b20.1; there're certainly bugs, but you need to come up >with a testcase shows that problem. There are bugs in fork? Hmm. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com