From: Jim Freeze <jfreeze@...>
Date: 2002-07-24T23:08:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Can I get data back from a fork?

On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 10:59:15PM +0900, ts wrote:
> >>>>> "J" == Jim Freeze <jfreeze@freebsdportal.com> writes:
> 
> >> job.pid = Process.fork { redirect(job) }
> 
>    job is created in a process
> 
> >> def redirect(job)
> >> job.result = system(job.cmd)   #=> job.result has a value here
> 
>    you modify `job' in *another* process
> 
> >> job.result                      #=> job.result is empty. Why?
> 
>    you retrieve the value that was assigned in the initial process
> 
>    `job' is not a shared variable

That is what I figured, but I when I printed out the job.id for
both processes, they were the same. Was that just a coincidence?

Jim

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