subprocess (spawned by os.system) inherits open TCP/UDP/IP port

[Seun Osewa]

Is it possible to cause this sort of thing to happen on Windows.
Specifically, I'm looking for a way to cause multiple processes to
accept new connections on a bound socket.  on UNIX, I can just fork()
after binding the server socket to a port and the children can
accept() on that same socket, but on Windows, I don't know how to make
that work. Any ideas?  Thanks!

> It doesn't actually move.  Thefiledescriptor is a handle onto the port.
> A port can have multiple handles which refer to it.  When you fork, you
> effectively copy the handle into another process.  Now there are two
> handles onto the same port.  If one of the processes exits, the other one
> still has a handle, and so the port still exists.  If a process forks
> multiple times, then multiple copies are made.  Each process can accept
> connections on the port through its own handle.  Exiting just drops the
> handle, it doesn't close the port.