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On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 02:51:34PM -0500, Tom Rodman wrote:
>On Thu 4/6/06 13:46 EDT cgf wrote:
>--snip
>>>I just read
>>>
>>>/usr/share/doc/cygwin-doc-1.4/html/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygserver.html
>>>
>>>for the first time.
>>>
>>>We mainly run fairly straight forward bash and perl scripts under
>>>cygwin, both at the commandline and through cron; some scripts use
>>>make, some use background processes and "wait".
>>>
>>>At what point does it make sense to start using the cygserver service?
>>>Some guidelines for nondeveloper types in this topic would be
>>>appreciated- I did check the FAQ.
>>
>>If you don't know if you need it, you don't need it.
>
>fair enough, thanks.
>
>My interest was only in reducing the chances of "fork problem" (
>http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-04/msg00122.html ).

In that case, my previous reply is even more pertinent; especially given
that Igor mentioned that the problem has nothing to do with cygserver.

cgf

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