Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!swbatl!texbell!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Spawn is impossible to define (was Re: vfork) Message-ID: <+D15JB6@xds13.ferranti.com> Date: 7 Aug 90 14:41:03 GMT References: <5962@titcce.cc.titech.ac.jp> <5971@titcce.cc.titech.ac.jp> <.D+4Y53@ggpc2.ferranti.com> <5978@titcce.cc.titech.ac.jp> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 6 In article dab@myrias.com (Danny Boulet) writes: > with the signal set to SIG_DFL. For example, if the parent wants to run with > ^C always disabled but wants to start a child with ^C enabled, the scheme > you propose creates a window for the ^C to sneak through Not if you use reliable signals (for example, System V sigset()). -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U`