X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:26:52 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: "Ghost" processes on Cygwin Message-ID: <20060426232652.GB23395@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <444FF04F DOT 20109 AT tibco DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <444FF04F.20109@tibco.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 05:12:31PM -0500, mwoehlke wrote: >I'm seeing something funny. While trying to build a large program on >Cygwin using cl.exe (i.e. I am building a non-Cygwin app; just using >Cygwin to drive 'make'), every now and then, cl.exe hangs. Before you >tell me I'm on the wrong list :-), here's the funny part. If I do 'ps' >in Cygwin, I can see the 'cl' process, along with its WINPID. However, >it doesn't show up in task manager! Also, there are about five processes >that are clearly Cygwin processes (bash.exe or sh.exe) that do NOT show >up in Cygwin's 'ps'. > >Is there any logic to this that I'm missing? Yes. Windows doesn't implement the exec* family of linux system calls so cygwin has to kludge it. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/