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| author | Robin Barker <rmbarker@cpan.org> | 2011-02-09 16:31:39 +0000 |
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| committer | Father Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org> | 2011-02-09 09:17:31 -0800 |
| commit | bef2c1914a8beadb2da1b0b6c755e51a701aafbc (patch) | |
| tree | aeac6064d6939e195ddb42c5ea8d09d7de92f163 /pod/perlport.pod | |
| parent | 6a065175ba605935cf92f1adc5dcb6c57570885f (diff) | |
| download | perl-bef2c1914a8beadb2da1b0b6c755e51a701aafbc.tar.gz | |
problem with exit in child process in BEGIN
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlport.pod b/pod/perlport.pod index 04f2d0d167..8450fc78be 100644 --- a/pod/perlport.pod +++ b/pod/perlport.pod @@ -1632,6 +1632,13 @@ enabled, a generic number will be encoded in a method compatible with the C library _POSIX_EXIT macro so that it can be decoded by other programs, particularly ones written in C, like the GNV package. (VMS) +C<exit()> resets file pointers, which is a problem when called +from a child process (created by C<fork()>) in C<BEGIN>. +A workaround is to use C<POSIX::_exit>. (Solaris) + + exit unless $Config{archname} =~ /\bsolaris\b/; + require POSIX and POSIX::_exit(0); + =item fcntl Not implemented. (Win32) |