Mail Archives: cygwin/1996/12/06/19:31:11
At 03:02 AM 12/7/96 +1100, Ben Constable wrote:
>Just used the mentioned utilities. Why is it that the cygnus utilities have
>to have a different process number? When you run ps you get something like
>this:
>
> PID PPID WIN32-PID UID COMMAND
> 1000 1000 44 500
>c:\software\gnu\x86-cygwin32\H-i386-cygwin32\bin\bash.exe
> 1001 1000 158 500
>c:\software\gnu\x86-cygwin32\H-i386-cygwin32\bin\ps.exe
>
>Why do we have 1000 and 1001 instead of 44 and 158? Since there are already
>utilities out there (such as those in the resource kit) which use these
>numbers, it makes sense to stick with them. Any reason to not use
>WIN32-PID's?
As I remember, the last time this issue came up, the Cygnus guys
agreed that the WIN32 ids were the way to go. I believe they threw
out an open invitation to anyone that wanted to pick up on this one
but I didn't see any takers. If you're interested, check with
Geoffrey Noer to make sure someone hasn't started this already.
>Also, when I alt-tab to a command window with bash running, I get a 'T'
>entered into my window. Other people report similar things happening,
>although each person seems to have a different letter. I have not yet seen
>a reason for this on the list - is there an explanation?
If memory serves here, this is supposed to be fixed in b17. I
don't recall any specific explanantion of the problem. The problem
was introduced after the b14 release.
Larry
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