Rolf Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in gmane.os.cygwin on Thu, 07 Aug 2003 17:44:08 -0400:
> Does > windows claim to free all memory allocated by a process when it exits? It does, even on unexpected terminations. (Seg-faults and the like.) > What about cygwin shared memory? Unlike System V, Windows shared memory is transient. Once all handles that reference it are closed Windows deallocates it. And Windows closes all open handles for a process when the process exits, even if this was caused by an unexpected termination. So the Cygwin shared memory is automatically deallocated once the last Cygwin process exits, irrespective of any bugs (memory leaks) in Cygwin. Again, /supposedly/. ;-) Regards, -- Sam Edge -- 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/
