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Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 13:35:06 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Is there a translation from windows events to cygwin signals ?
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On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 12:50:19PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 10:54:40AM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>>>Cygwin signals use Windows events under the covers, but there's more to
>>>Cygwin signals than just Windows events.  There's no one-to-one
>>>mapping.  Use "kill".
>>
>>Actually, no, they don't really use windows events.  Not since 1.5.6.
>
>Fair enough (just goes to show how out-of-date my CVS checkout is).
>:-) To the OP: the authoritative document on this used to be the
>"how-signals-work.txt" file in winsup/cygwin, which is currently out of
>date.  Watch it for updates, but until then, the code is your best
>guide.  To get the source from CVS, see <http://cygwin.com/cvs.html>.

And, just to be clear, the third line in how-signals-work.txt is already
"[this information is currently out-of-date]" so there should be no
confusion for anyone who thinks this is the definitive source for
how signals work in cygwin.

cgf

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