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Re: execv bug???
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Re: execv bug???

  • Subject: Re: execv bug???
  • From: email@hidden (Peter Seebach)
  • Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:02:38 -0600
In message <email@hidden>, Steve writes:
>Could this actually be a combination of execv AND the use of vfork?

Yes.

>So, is this a known issue perhaps?

Sounds likely!

>Indeed, change vfork to fork causes the problem to go away. execv then
>works fine.

Ah-hah!  Using vfork does explain everything -- and makes sense of the
decision to use _exit().

-s
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