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Date:	Fri, 12 Nov 2004 13:08:58 -0500
From:	"Pierre A. Humblet" <pierre DOT humblet AT ieee DOT org>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: howto register process
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On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 08:02:05PM +0200, Kamen TOMOV wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 12 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> 
> > *Why* are you calling cygwin_winpid_to_pid on the pids?  If you are
> > getting the pid from the return value of fork they are cygwin pids.
> > You don't call cygwin_winpid_to_pid on them.  A normal cygwin
> > program should not be using cygwin_winpid_to_pid.
> > 
> > As Pierre points out in the next message, what you are describing
> > seems normal for starting a service in certain scenarios but you
> > still haven't explained why you think you need cygwin_winpid_to_pid.
> > 
> > cgf
> 
> The only reason why I call cygwin_winpid_to_pid is that I am
> experimenting. The real problem is that kill() does not work.

To facilate your experimenting, please be assured that kill
won't work if ps doesn't show the process.

Pierre

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