From: cgf AT cygnus DOT com (Christopher G. Faylor)
Subject: Re: open file handles inherited?
30 Jul 1998 16:32:11 GMT
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In article <000101bdbb00$d4819c60$732ddd80 DOT cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cpc45115 DOT us DOT dg DOT com>,
Peter Mularski <pmularski AT clariion DOT com> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I have a question. Are open file handles inherited by exec'ed processes? If
>not, how can I get this to happen? I know under VC++, you can set the
>_fileinfo global, but is there something akin to this in cygwin? Thanks in
>advance...

In cygwin32 opened file handles are inherited by exec processes unless
you have set the "close on exec" flag using fcntl.

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