tcp RST instead of FIN if child exits after parent closes path

Corinna Vinschen corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com
Tue Apr 15 20:33:00 GMT 2003


On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 01:34:39PM -0400, Brian White wrote:
> Hmmm...  From my work with Amanda, the child process can continue to
> send data via the socket even after the parent has closed it's handle
> on that path, so there must be some sort of reference counting already.

Probably but this ref count is hidden deep down in WinSock.

Corinna

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