How to fork a process, kill the child and not kill the parent?

How to fork a process, kill the child and not kill the parent?

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How to fork a process, kill the child and not kill the parent?

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Mar-04-2017, 06:26 PM

I'd be wary about forking in a GUI application. Like micseydel says, a thread is a much better bet. Just use a callback or something in the thread so that you can notify the GUI when the copy completes.

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How to fork a process, kill the child and not kill the parent? - by neXussT - Mar-04-2017, 02:13 PM

RE: How to fork a process, kill the child and not kill the parent? - by micseydel - Mar-04-2017, 06:01 PM

RE: How to fork a process, kill the child and not kill the parent? - by pydsigner - Mar-04-2017, 06:26 PM

RE: How to fork a process, kill the child and not kill the parent? - by neXussT - Mar-04-2017, 09:35 PM

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