Re: pfMultiProcess problems.

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Randall Barker (barker++at++cs.nps.navy.mil)
Thu, 28 Mar 1996 10:10:23 -0800

On Mar 28, 12:54pm, Jean Daigle wrote:
> Subject: Re: pfMultiProcess problems.
> How about;
>
> {
> int iMode;
>
> pfMultiprocess(PFMP_DEFAULT);
> iMode = pfGetMultiprocess();
>
> assert(iMode != PFMP_DEFAULT);
>
> pfMultiProcess(iMode | PFMP_FORK_DBASE);
>
> /* ... */
>
> pfConfig();
> }
>
>
> I'm assuming that pfMultiProcess() actually takes effect immediately,
> so that pfGetMultiprocess() returns something sensible. The
> assert() call will test the hypothesis.
>
>-- End of excerpt from Jean Daigle

You would think that's the way it would be, but It wasn't the case when I tried
it, the second call to pfGetMultiprocess just returned PFMP_DEFAULT. It does
not take effect until pfConfig has been called, but by then it is too late.
 Thanks though...

-Randall

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