Re: lynx-dev Leaking file-handles

[Thomas Dickey]

On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 06:46:14PM +0100, Gisle Vanem wrote:
> I've noticed that Lynx 2-8-5 dev.14 is leaking file-handles under
> Win-XP and 4NT shell (but *not* under CMD).
> 
> Compiled with MingW + PDcurses 2.6
> 
> While Lynx is running: "handle | grep lynx":
>      d4: File          G:\MingW32\src\inet\lynx2-8-5
>   lynx.exe pid: 2368 PCGV\Gisle Vanem
> 
> And after Lynx has terminated:
>    d4: File          G:\MingW32\src\inet\lynx2-8-5
> 
> handle is a nice tool from 
> http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/handle.shtml
> 
> Running Lynx several times, leaves more file-handles open.
> Any explanation for this? Or how to debug this behaviour?
> This happens no matter what URL I use (local or net). Even
> "lynx -h" leaks one handle. I have to exit the 4NT shell to free
> the handles.

I don't see this (with windows 2000).  Perhaps it's a problem with the
system rather than the application.

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