Re: We must use _exit after fork

[Ali Akcaagac <ali akcaagac stud fh-wilhelmshaven de>]

On 2001.09.06 10:30:40 +0200 Emmanuel wrote:
> 	Hi all,
> I'm reading Gtk+FAG, it's really instructive :)
> Here is the interesting part
> 
> 5.3. Why does this strange 'x io error' occur when I fork() in my GTK+ app?
> Why does this strange 'x io error' occur when I fork() in my GTK+ app?
> 
> This is not really a GTK+ problem, and the problem is not related to fork()
> either. If the 'x io error' occurs then you probably use the exit()
> function in order to exit from the child process.
> 
> When GDK opens an X display, it creates a socket file descriptor. When you
> use the exit() function, you implicitly close all the open file
> descriptors, and the underlying X library really doesn't like this.
> 
> The right function to use here is _exit().
> 
> You also have a example program.

yes and ? i've stated a fully fork+_exit code example on this
list some weeks ago.

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