=== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Haubenwallner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The problem is, that the pid-numbering of Windows is quite "confuse" > (i don't know any better word), meaning that a later ipctest.exe > gets the same pid as before, while the attach before with the same > pid is not removed from the list yet.
So don't test by PID, test by handle. IIRC I've already suggested that. Also, IIRC (Chris, Corinna you may have encountered evidence about this) if you have a handle open for a process, it's PID isn't recycled until all the handles have been closed). Rob -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/