Re: [CopyOver] Does it even work for Windows now?

From: George Greer (greerga@circlemud.org)
Date: 05/24/99


On Mon, 24 May 1999, Phil Durand wrote:

>I would like to know if CopyOver has worked for anyone in Windows95/98... It
>seems that when re-executing the MUD, all connections are lost!

I doubt Windows keeps the file descriptors open across an execve(), which
is what copyover requires.

Look up the help entry for execve() or execl() and see what it says about
the file descriptors.

--
George Greer
greerga@circlemud.org


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