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Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 02:32:51 -0600
From: Gregory Borota <cygwin AT sbcglobal DOT net>
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Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: setsid-0.0-3
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Corinna wrote on 3/4/2004 8:07 AM:

> On Mar  3 16:44, Gregory Borota wrote:
> 
>>(I don't see the point for having stderr and stdout redirected also. (for
>>symmetry maybe))
> 
> 
> In theory, redirecting all descriptors attached to the console window
> should allow to close the console window since when the last open
> handle is closed, Cygwin calls FreeConsole().  It's just that I don't
> know currently why it doesn't close the console.
> 
> Corinna

If setsid is run inside a Windows console it works as described in the 
readme file. But when run from a cygwin console it won't let you close 
the console window only after the command has finished. This behavior is 
under my XP Prof.

Greg

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