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Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 21:16:57 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: tcp RST instead of FIN if child exits after parent closes path
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On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 01:34:39PM -0400, Brian White wrote:
> Hmmm...  From my work with Amanda, the child process can continue to
> send data via the socket even after the parent has closed it's handle
> on that path, so there must be some sort of reference counting already.

Probably but this ref count is hidden deep down in WinSock.

Corinna

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