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Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 13:58:23 -0500
From: "Pierre A. Humblet" <pierre DOT humblet AT ieee DOT org>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: xinted rsync bluescreen
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On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 10:59:16AM -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> Pierre,
> 
> Do you think the handle to /etc that each (is it each or all?) cygwin 
> process retains is an ingredient in triggering this symptom? 

AFAICT the handle is opened when starting cygwin and is inherited by
child processes. It is used in a WaitForSingleObject call.
The purpose is to rescan /etc/{passwd,goup} after changes.
It's unlikely to be a coincidence, given the previous e-mails!

> Why would that 
> be and why would it happen to but a few of the many Cygwin users?

Good questions! Perhaps init has more subprocesses (wild guess).

Pierre

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