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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
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To: Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh AT usa DOT net>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 10:22:17 +0000
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Subject: Re: Signals caught by subtasks
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Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh AT usa DOT net> wrote:

> If a DJGPP app launches a subtask, which is also a DJGPP app, and this then
> catches SIGSEGV or another fatal signal, does this propagate all the way back to
> leave the stunned user staring at a C:\ prompt? Or does the parent task simply
> get a task returned with exit code 255?

Normally the parent gets the signal too.

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