fhandler.cc rev=1.116 source code level bug in fhandler_base::dup (fhandler_base *child)

[Chris January]

> I might be wrong but it looks like:
>
> In the function below
> ------------------------
>   if (get_nohandle ())
>     nh = NULL;        // NULL == 0 and is a valid (but possibly closed)
handle
>
> ------------------------
> MUST BE
> ------------------------
>   if (get_nohandle ())
>     nh = (HANDLE)-1;  // or better yet INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE
>
I just wish I could figure out what causes the 'dup(/dev) failed' errors I
see about 30% of the time I click cygwin.bat.

Chris



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