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Re: terminals getting killed on parent's termination


Thomas Wolff:
> Termination of a terminal's parent. This should not abort the terminal
> session, whether or not the notification mechanism is HUP. (In the case
> console -> xterm you said it's due to console attachment, whatever that
> means in detail.)

Well, in practical terms it means that xterm would need to call
FreeConsole() to detach from the console it's started from. If you're
interested in the details, there's always MSDN.

Andy

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