Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84 chuqui version 1.9 3/12/85; site unisoft.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!lll-crg!well!ptsfa!dual!unisoft!paul From: paul@unisoft.UUCP (Paul Campbell) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: fork timing hole? (yes) Message-ID: <554@unisoft.UUCP> Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 02:35:14 EDT Article-I.D.: unisoft.554 Posted: Fri Aug 23 02:35:14 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 13:32:52 EDT References: <541@unisoft.UUCP> <671@cyb-eng.UUCP> <546@unisoft.UUCP> <680@cyb-eng.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: UniSoft Systems, Berkeley Lines: 9 Oh dear, a further problem arises ..... What does it mean for a the child (or for that matter the parent of a successfull fork) to get a failure from a fork() call? If the parent gets a failure it assumes that the child doesn't exist. Well folks its can of worms time ..... maybe this one is best left as is ... Paul Campbell ..!ucbvax!unisoft!paul