Re: [nmh-workers] closefds() _before_ fork?

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Ken,

> Can anyone think of a reason that for this specific case closefds()
> should NOT be moved from whatnowbr.c (and send.c) into sendsbr.c, and
> just in the child process?

IT does seem odd to have it in the parent rather than just the child.
The only thing I can think of is if it's cleaning up some
file-descriptor leak in the parent, especially if one of the still-open
files will be opened anew by the child.  Perhaps closefds() could peer
at /proc/getpid()/fd to see what these FDs that start from three onwards
are?  To test it's working, perhaps a `42>/tmp/foo' when running the
command.

-- 
Cheers, Ralph.