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From: | "Steven Hartland" <killing AT multiplay DOT co DOT uk> |
To: | "Sonam Chauhan" <sonam DOT chauhan AT ce DOT com DOT au>, |
"Jurgen Defurne" <jurgen DOT defurne AT philips DOT com> | |
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Subject: | Re: problems in Perl process management |
Date: | Tue, 10 May 2005 12:37:24 +0100 |
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that's by design if u want to kill an entire tree u can do so with process explorer a free download from www.sysinternals.com. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jurgen Defurne" >I also would like to know if it is possible. > > However, it could be that it has nothing to do with Cygwin. I have > a Perl script which forks several children and monitors their output. > > If a child fails, then it has no use to run all forked processes further > and I kill them with the perl 'kill' command. However, I also notice that > deeper forked processes (grandchildren) refuse to die. This > script is only run using ActiveState Perl. > > I think it is really a serious Windows problem, because using > the task manager it also seems not really possible to kill a complete > process hierarchy. ================================================ This e.mail is private and confidential between Multiplay (UK) Ltd. and the person or entity to whom it is addressed. In the event of misdirection, the recipient is prohibited from using, copying, printing or otherwise disseminating it or any information contained in it. In the event of misdirection, illegible or incomplete transmission please telephone (023) 8024 3137 or return the E.mail to postmaster AT multiplay DOT co DOT uk. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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