On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 12:50:19PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 10:54:40AM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >>>Cygwin signals use Windows events under the covers, but there's more to >>>Cygwin signals than just Windows events. There's no one-to-one >>>mapping. Use "kill". >> >>Actually, no, they don't really use windows events. Not since 1.5.6. > >Fair enough (just goes to show how out-of-date my CVS checkout is). >:-) To the OP: the authoritative document on this used to be the >"how-signals-work.txt" file in winsup/cygwin, which is currently out of >date. Watch it for updates, but until then, the code is your best >guide. To get the source from CVS, see <http://cygwin.com/cvs.html>.
And, just to be clear, the third line in how-signals-work.txt is already "[this information is currently out-of-date]" so there should be no confusion for anyone who thinks this is the definitive source for how signals work in cygwin. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
