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Re: Descriptor passing between process
Hi!
Thursday, 24 January, 2002 Corinna Vinschen cygwin@cygwin.com wrote:
CV> It *could* be implemented.
CV> First we would have to implement the control message passing at all and
CV> when it's available we could perhaps even implement descriptor passing
CV> using the DuplicateHandle() function.
To call DuplicateHandle() you must have a process handle of the peer.
i don't know how can we do it properly without cygwin daemon.
btw, i wonder if descriptor sent through AF_LOCAL socket whould remain
valid after sender closes it? and what about "after sender terminates"?
Egor. mailto:deo@logos-m.ru ICQ 5165414 FidoNet 2:5020/496.19
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