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Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 19:18:13 +0300
From: egor duda <deo AT logos-m DOT ru>
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To: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Descriptor passing between process
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Hi!

Thursday, 24 January, 2002 Corinna Vinschen cygwin AT cygwin DOT com wrote:

CV> It *could* be implemented.

CV> First we would have to implement the control message passing at all and
CV> when it's available we could perhaps even implement descriptor passing
CV> using the DuplicateHandle() function.

To call DuplicateHandle() you must have a process handle of the peer.
i don't know how can we do it properly without cygwin daemon.

btw, i wonder if descriptor sent through AF_LOCAL socket whould remain
valid after sender closes it? and what about "after sender terminates"?

Egor.            mailto:deo AT logos-m DOT ru ICQ 5165414 FidoNet 2:5020/496.19


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