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Re: xinted rsync bluescreen


Pierre,

Do you think the handle to /etc that each (is it each or all?) cygwin process retains is an ingredient in triggering this symptom? Why would that be and why would it happen to but a few of the many Cygwin users?

Randall Schulz


At 10:33 2003-01-13, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 10:39:31AM -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> Dan,
>
> It seems most likely from this that the problem is in your file system.
> When's the last time you ran CHKDSK? I seem to recall other reports that
> were for some reason associated with accessing Cygwin's /etc. I cannot
> explain this other than perhaps as simple coincidence.

Cygwin processes keep a handle to /etc, opened with
FindFirstChangeNotification and then duplicated.

Pierre

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