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Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 17:23:37 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Process handle not closed when child process terminated
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On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 09:57:25PM -0000, Chris January wrote:
>If you launch a Cygwin program, such as bash that launches new processes,
>and then they terminate, the original process (e.g. bash) still holds an
>open handle for the terminated process. This handle never gets closed.

It does get closed eventually.

>Is this a minor bug or intentional behaviour?

Intentional.

cgf

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