On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 02:51:34PM -0500, Tom Rodman wrote: >On Thu 4/6/06 13:46 EDT cgf wrote: >--snip >>>I just read >>> >>>/usr/share/doc/cygwin-doc-1.4/html/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygserver.html >>> >>>for the first time. >>> >>>We mainly run fairly straight forward bash and perl scripts under >>>cygwin, both at the commandline and through cron; some scripts use >>>make, some use background processes and "wait". >>> >>>At what point does it make sense to start using the cygserver service? >>>Some guidelines for nondeveloper types in this topic would be >>>appreciated- I did check the FAQ. >> >>If you don't know if you need it, you don't need it. > >fair enough, thanks. > >My interest was only in reducing the chances of "fork problem" ( >http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-04/msg00122.html ).
In that case, my previous reply is even more pertinent; especially given that Igor mentioned that the problem has nothing to do with cygserver. cgf -- 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/
