On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 09:16:57AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: >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).
That's correct. Cygwin relies on that behavior, in fact. In case it isn't obvious, Cygwin uses windows pids, which can be recycled rapidly. Relying on any specific behavior for PID numbers is really not a good idea, even on UNIX. cgf -- 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/
