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From: MICHAL@UKANVAX.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Process Communication.
Message-ID: <8803131101.AA27859@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 11 Mar 88 21:25:00 GMT
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I am faced with the following problem and I would appreciate anyone
sending me a note of hope saying that I really do not have a problem.
Well, here it is :

 While in the main process, I SPAWN/NOWAIT a process that does something
completely different from what I am doing in the main process. The problem
arizes when the SPAWNed subprocess wants an interactive input (and it must
be interactive). Can the subprocess `hang' the main process until it receives
what it wants ? If not, what would you suggest ?

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