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Re: xinted rsync bluescreen
On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 10:59:16AM -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> Pierre,
>
> Do you think the handle to /etc that each (is it each or all?) cygwin
> process retains is an ingredient in triggering this symptom?
AFAICT the handle is opened when starting cygwin and is inherited by
child processes. It is used in a WaitForSingleObject call.
The purpose is to rescan /etc/{passwd,goup} after changes.
It's unlikely to be a coincidence, given the previous e-mails!
> Why would that
> be and why would it happen to but a few of the many Cygwin users?
Good questions! Perhaps init has more subprocesses (wild guess).
Pierre
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