Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com List-Unsubscribe: List-Archive: List-Help: , Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: <19990801003028.61496.qmail@hotmail.com> X-Originating-IP: [209.244.209.101] From: "unknown user" To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Subject: fork() problem Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 20:30:27 EDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Here's the problem... If I compile the program with this code.. it just crashes, but if i comment this out it compiles and runs fine even though it's not running as it's suppose to be... /* some code here*/ switch (fork()) { case -1: printf("Couldn't run in background, exiting...\n"); exit(1); break; case 0: break; default: printf("Running in background...\n"); exit(0); break; } /* other stuff*/ _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com