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Date:	Wed, 28 Feb 2001 16:59:25 -0500
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To:	cygwin-developers AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: incorrect exit status from cygwin exec to windows process
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In-Reply-To:	<000c01c0a1cf$6b8b5710$7e222293@fision>; from cygwin@jason-gouger.com on Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 01:42:59PM -0800

On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 01:42:59PM -0800, Jason Gouger wrote:
>The process was exec'ed from a cygwin process, not a windows process...
>
>For example, windows lanuched a cygwin process A. The cygwin process A
>exec'ed another cygwin process B.  The exec'ed process should "replace" the
>original cygwin process A, and process B's return value should be propagated
>back to the windows process.

I dunno.  It may be a bug.  Debugging the situation should be pretty simple.

cgf

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