Re: is popen thread safe?

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Do you have a example of this?

2010/5/6 Max Kellermann <max@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On 2010/05/06 21:51, frederico schardong <frede.sch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I'm trying to add the popen in a thread (using g_thread_create()) but
>> it keep frozen my application. So, is popen thread safe? there is
>> another simple alternative if it isn't?
>
> popen() is not thread safe, unless you use the GNU specific option "e"
> for enabling close-on-exec.  But that causes just fd leaks, and is
> probably unrelated to a possible freeze (unless the sub process drains
> the fd).
>
> Max
>



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