"Sander Striker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Meaning? (I hope there isn't a short timeout on the join). > > > > meaning that the parent process will give up on us ever exiting and > > will send SIGKILL > > > > there is no timeout on the join > > > >> I think it is perfectly acceptable to wait for the server to shutdown. > > > > The long-standing design is that the parent process first tries > > sending SIGTERM to children but will give up after a while and send > > SIGKILL if the child is hung somewhere. > > How long is 'a while'? If this is 'long enough' this will certainly > fall under 'acceptable'.
6-7 seconds, I think -- Jeff Trawick | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Born in Roswell... married an alien...
