fork/exec & close file descriptors

[alister]

On Wed, 03 Jun 2015 15:27:19 +0300, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:

> alister <alister.nospam.ware at ntlworld.com>:
> 
>> from the scenario Marco is reporting I get the impression that he is
>> having to interact with a system that is fundamentally flawed from the
>> ground up.
> 
> Well, yes. It's called linux, but it's not all bad. I just think that
> man page was being sanctimonious.
> 
> 
> Marko

I meant the program that is supplying your app with file handles willy- 
nilly without caring what happens to them



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