From:	cgf AT bbc DOT com (Christopher Faylor)
Subject:	Re: rxvt and latest Ian's changes.
2 Feb 1998 14:05:11 -0800 :
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In article <199802021941 DOT OAA11988 AT subrogation DOT cygnus DOT com>,
Ian Lance Taylor  <gnu-win32-developers AT cygnus DOT com> wrote:
>   I just took a look at the code again, and maybe I'm missing something,
>   but is there any reason why the handles could not be handed back to
>   the master when all of the slaves close the pty?  The master would
>   then have an extra couple of handles that may or may not ever be used
>   again but if a child requests the pty it would be able to retrieve
>   the handles.
>
>The desired effect is to close all the write handles to the pipe, so
>that the master, which is hanging in read, gets an EOF.  Copying the
>handles back to the master will not achieve this effect.

Of course.  Duh.  I was just missing the point, that's all.
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