From: "rogerdpack (Roger Pack)" <rogerpack2005@...>
Date: 2012-09-28T16:29:15+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:47719] [ruby-trunk - Bug #7082][Open] Process.kill 0 in windows can return spurious success


Issue #7082 has been reported by rogerdpack (Roger Pack).

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Bug #7082: Process.kill 0 in windows can return spurious success
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/7082

Author: rogerdpack (Roger Pack)
Status: Open
Priority: Normal
Assignee: 
Category: 
Target version: 
ruby -v: ruby 1.9.3p194 (2012-04-20) [i386-mingw32]


>> a = IO.popen('ls "."', 'w')
=> #<IO:fd 4>
>> a.pid
=> 2104
>> Process.kill 0, 2104
=> 1 # should raise an exception since that process is dead now, shouldn't it? [it can be checked with GetExitCodeProcess != STILL_ACTIVE) ?

Thanks!
-r


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