On 20/01/06, Eric Dorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, this would be cleaner, but what exactly is the problem? just > passing the open file descriptor doesn't mean the execed process has > access to it, unless it went through it's descriptor list looking for > it.
The problem is that now xpdf blocks other programs from accessing /dev/dsp. This also applies to Firefox itself, once it closes its copy of the descriptor (i.e., once you close the sound-playing flash).
