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Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors

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Subject Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors
Date Wed, 03 Jun 2015 08:54:10 -0400
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On Wed, Jun 3, 2015, at 08:25, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info>:
> 
> > How does the child process know what action didn't complete? What
> > error message are you going to display to the user?
> 
> You definitely must not use sys.stderr from the child process nor are
> you allowed to exit through an exception but must call os._exit()
> instead.

Why does the child process need to report the error at all? The parent
process will find out naturally when *it* tries to close the same file
descriptor.

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Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com> - 2015-06-02 08:58 -0500
  Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-02 18:28 +0300
    Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com> - 2015-06-02 10:42 -0500
      Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-02 19:24 +0300
        Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.co.uk> - 2015-06-02 16:37 +0000
    Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors MrJean1 <MrJean1@gmail.com> - 2015-06-12 13:43 -0700
  Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Alain Ketterlin <alain@universite-de-strasbourg.fr.invalid> - 2015-06-02 17:59 +0200
    Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-02 23:05 +0300
      Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Alain Ketterlin <alain@universite-de-strasbourg.fr.invalid> - 2015-06-02 23:06 +0200
        Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-03 01:24 +0300
          Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Alain Ketterlin <alain@universite-de-strasbourg.fr.invalid> - 2015-06-03 09:21 +0200
            Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-03 10:41 +0300
              Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2015-06-03 09:38 +0000
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-06-03 22:07 +1000
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2015-06-03 12:18 +0000
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-03 15:27 +0300
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2015-06-03 13:05 +0000
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-03 17:49 +0300
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-03 15:25 +0300
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors random832@fastmail.us - 2015-06-03 08:54 -0400
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-03 16:08 +0300
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors random832@fastmail.us - 2015-06-03 09:21 -0400
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-06-03 23:32 +1000
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-03 16:33 +0300
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-03 17:43 +0300
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors random832@fastmail.us - 2015-06-03 16:08 -0400
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-04 00:09 +0300
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors random832@fastmail.us - 2015-06-03 16:07 -0400
                Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-06-04 07:54 +1000
        Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-06-03 09:54 +1000
          Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Alain Ketterlin <alain@universite-de-strasbourg.fr.invalid> - 2015-06-03 09:11 +0200
            Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors random832@fastmail.us - 2015-06-03 08:21 -0400
              Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Alain Ketterlin <alain@universite-de-strasbourg.fr.invalid> - 2015-06-03 15:16 +0200
        Re: fork/exec & close file descriptors Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com> - 2015-06-02 20:21 -0500

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