Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Jun 1999 00:25:35 +0100 (GMT) | From | Chris Evans <> | Subject | Question about dynamic fd arrays |
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Hi
It is common for "bash" to hold open a file descriptor on fd 255. If bash then does a fork/exec to launch a child, does that child inherit the 256 sized fd array, or does the system shrink the fd array to a more likely default size to save memory?
Chris
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