* Re: b20.1 bug, developers please help
@ 1999-03-04 6:30 Steve Biskis
1999-03-31 19:45 ` Steve Biskis
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Steve Biskis @ 1999-03-04 6:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jg568, cygwin
Yep, forget about fork() under Win95.
Even if your App does launch, it will eventually crap out - perhaps not till
exitting, if your lucky. Its just not reliable right now. This is true
under
Win95 and Win95b. I don't know about Win98.
fork seems to work fine under NT4.0, however.
If you're only trying to detach from the control terminal (daemonize) so
that
your process doesn't die when you close the shell - simply call the Win32
API function: FreeConsole(), and that will do it.
If you need fork under Win95 for other reasons I think you are SOL right
now.
Interestingly, to properly detach under NT4.0 you need to BOTH fork()
AND call FreeConsole(). fork() alone will appear to release the shell,
i.e. you get the prompt back, but when you close the shell, your proc
goes with it.
But, just to clarify, under Win95 - ONLY call FreeConsole() .
Good Luck,
Steve B.
-----Original Message-----
From: creative1 <jg568@is9.nyu.edu>
To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com <cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com>
Date: Thursday, March 04, 1999 6:12 AM
Subject: b20.1 bug, developers please help
>Hi there!
>
>I've trying to modify a unix program that works perfect on unix
>and doesn't work on windows. It compiles, I changed
>code so it could compile without any help on both systems.
>
>At the beginning the problem was with fork(), but I downloaded
>the lastest snapshops and it doesn't seems to crash there.
>(I am using windows 98 by the way).
>
>Anyway, when the program is launched to run foreground,
>it works perfect, but when launched on the background, it crash.
>I am not sure if it is still a fork bug or a tty bug or what it is
>since I can't figure it out.
>I am sure it is not my program bug since it runs an compile on several
>unixes, so could you take a look at it and see what's the problem?
>I am becoming crazy, I already changed makefiles and everything
>to suit the cygwin environment.
>You can download the program at:
> http://kaosbot.webjump.com/kaosbot1b7.7.tgz
>
>Compile:
>make
>make install DEST=/directory
>
>Once you configure the kaosbot.conf.dist
>
>It runs perfect as:
>./kaosbot -c kaosbot.conf.dist -ntm
>
>But it crash as:
>./kaosbot -c kaosbot.conf.dist
>(which is the default since it goes to background).
>
>I have been 2 months trying it, at the beginning it was
>a fork bug on cygwin, but now with the snapshops i
>am not sure if that is the case since it dies a while
>after...
>
>To check if the program is still really working:
>telnet localhost 3333
>
>If it doesn't answer it is because it crashed.
>
>
>Thank you
>Joaquin Grech
>---------------------------------------------------------------
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>---------------------------------------------------------------
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>! Internet: creative1@bigfoot.com !
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>
>
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* Re: b20.1 bug, developers please help
1999-03-04 6:30 b20.1 bug, developers please help Steve Biskis
@ 1999-03-31 19:45 ` Steve Biskis
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Steve Biskis @ 1999-03-31 19:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jg568, cygwin
Yep, forget about fork() under Win95.
Even if your App does launch, it will eventually crap out - perhaps not till
exitting, if your lucky. Its just not reliable right now. This is true
under
Win95 and Win95b. I don't know about Win98.
fork seems to work fine under NT4.0, however.
If you're only trying to detach from the control terminal (daemonize) so
that
your process doesn't die when you close the shell - simply call the Win32
API function: FreeConsole(), and that will do it.
If you need fork under Win95 for other reasons I think you are SOL right
now.
Interestingly, to properly detach under NT4.0 you need to BOTH fork()
AND call FreeConsole(). fork() alone will appear to release the shell,
i.e. you get the prompt back, but when you close the shell, your proc
goes with it.
But, just to clarify, under Win95 - ONLY call FreeConsole() .
Good Luck,
Steve B.
-----Original Message-----
From: creative1 <jg568@is9.nyu.edu>
To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com <cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com>
Date: Thursday, March 04, 1999 6:12 AM
Subject: b20.1 bug, developers please help
>Hi there!
>
>I've trying to modify a unix program that works perfect on unix
>and doesn't work on windows. It compiles, I changed
>code so it could compile without any help on both systems.
>
>At the beginning the problem was with fork(), but I downloaded
>the lastest snapshops and it doesn't seems to crash there.
>(I am using windows 98 by the way).
>
>Anyway, when the program is launched to run foreground,
>it works perfect, but when launched on the background, it crash.
>I am not sure if it is still a fork bug or a tty bug or what it is
>since I can't figure it out.
>I am sure it is not my program bug since it runs an compile on several
>unixes, so could you take a look at it and see what's the problem?
>I am becoming crazy, I already changed makefiles and everything
>to suit the cygwin environment.
>You can download the program at:
> http://kaosbot.webjump.com/kaosbot1b7.7.tgz
>
>Compile:
>make
>make install DEST=/directory
>
>Once you configure the kaosbot.conf.dist
>
>It runs perfect as:
>./kaosbot -c kaosbot.conf.dist -ntm
>
>But it crash as:
>./kaosbot -c kaosbot.conf.dist
>(which is the default since it goes to background).
>
>I have been 2 months trying it, at the beginning it was
>a fork bug on cygwin, but now with the snapshops i
>am not sure if that is the case since it dies a while
>after...
>
>To check if the program is still really working:
>telnet localhost 3333
>
>If it doesn't answer it is because it crashed.
>
>
>Thank you
>Joaquin Grech
>---------------------------------------------------------------
>! C r e a t i v i t y M u s t S u r v i v e !
>---------------------------------------------------------------
>! Fido: 2:341/19.67 Euronet: 25:928/100.67 !
>! Internet: creative1@bigfoot.com !
>! Http://surf.to/creative Ya me direis :) !
>---------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
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* b20.1 bug, developers please help
1999-03-04 6:10 creative1
@ 1999-03-31 19:45 ` creative1
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: creative1 @ 1999-03-31 19:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Hi there!
I've trying to modify a unix program that works perfect on unix
and doesn't work on windows. It compiles, I changed
code so it could compile without any help on both systems.
At the beginning the problem was with fork(), but I downloaded
the lastest snapshops and it doesn't seems to crash there.
(I am using windows 98 by the way).
Anyway, when the program is launched to run foreground,
it works perfect, but when launched on the background, it crash.
I am not sure if it is still a fork bug or a tty bug or what it is
since I can't figure it out.
I am sure it is not my program bug since it runs an compile on several
unixes, so could you take a look at it and see what's the problem?
I am becoming crazy, I already changed makefiles and everything
to suit the cygwin environment.
You can download the program at:
http://kaosbot.webjump.com/kaosbot1b7.7.tgz
Compile:
make
make install DEST=/directory
Once you configure the kaosbot.conf.dist
It runs perfect as:
./kaosbot -c kaosbot.conf.dist -ntm
But it crash as:
./kaosbot -c kaosbot.conf.dist
(which is the default since it goes to background).
I have been 2 months trying it, at the beginning it was
a fork bug on cygwin, but now with the snapshops i
am not sure if that is the case since it dies a while
after...
To check if the program is still really working:
telnet localhost 3333
If it doesn't answer it is because it crashed.
Thank you
Joaquin Grech
---------------------------------------------------------------
! C r e a t i v i t y M u s t S u r v i v e !
---------------------------------------------------------------
! Fido: 2:341/19.67 Euronet: 25:928/100.67 !
! Internet: creative1@bigfoot.com !
! Http://surf.to/creative Ya me direis :) !
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* b20.1 bug, developers please help
@ 1999-03-04 6:10 creative1
1999-03-31 19:45 ` creative1
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: creative1 @ 1999-03-04 6:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Hi there!
I've trying to modify a unix program that works perfect on unix
and doesn't work on windows. It compiles, I changed
code so it could compile without any help on both systems.
At the beginning the problem was with fork(), but I downloaded
the lastest snapshops and it doesn't seems to crash there.
(I am using windows 98 by the way).
Anyway, when the program is launched to run foreground,
it works perfect, but when launched on the background, it crash.
I am not sure if it is still a fork bug or a tty bug or what it is
since I can't figure it out.
I am sure it is not my program bug since it runs an compile on several
unixes, so could you take a look at it and see what's the problem?
I am becoming crazy, I already changed makefiles and everything
to suit the cygwin environment.
You can download the program at:
http://kaosbot.webjump.com/kaosbot1b7.7.tgz
Compile:
make
make install DEST=/directory
Once you configure the kaosbot.conf.dist
It runs perfect as:
./kaosbot -c kaosbot.conf.dist -ntm
But it crash as:
./kaosbot -c kaosbot.conf.dist
(which is the default since it goes to background).
I have been 2 months trying it, at the beginning it was
a fork bug on cygwin, but now with the snapshops i
am not sure if that is the case since it dies a while
after...
To check if the program is still really working:
telnet localhost 3333
If it doesn't answer it is because it crashed.
Thank you
Joaquin Grech
---------------------------------------------------------------
! C r e a t i v i t y M u s t S u r v i v e !
---------------------------------------------------------------
! Fido: 2:341/19.67 Euronet: 25:928/100.67 !
! Internet: creative1@bigfoot.com !
! Http://surf.to/creative Ya me direis :) !
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