On 14 Jun 2004 19:50:39 -0700, bverzal@komatsuna.com (Bill) wrote:

>When did you apply ML 4? Seems like something changed recently on the server.
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>BV
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>R.Mariotti(at)FinancialDataCorp.com (Bob Mariotti) wrote in message news:<07d1f6e8a7efd30be7179c9e250218b7@news.terane ws.com>...
>> Here is another situation that has only started occuring recently
>> (within the last few weeks):
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>> We have an application that talks to requesters via stdio
>> (STDIN/STDOUT). This part still works fine. However, there is one
>> request where this daemon calls upon a child process for additional
>> work The child process returns its output via STDOUT. This used to
>> work fine for years. Now, while it appears the programs are still
>> functioning as before, the output from the child process evaporates
>> without any error message anywhere. Not on the screen, not in any
>> logs we can find. Nothing.
>>
>> So, another generally stupid question: does anyone know of any
>> permissions issues or limitations on on the stdout output of a child
>> process? In my understanding the child process inherits the file
>> handles of the parent so any output from the child is directed right
>> along with that of the parent which is passed along to the requestor.
>>
>> Anyone have any thoughts or places one can look for why this has
>> stopped working?
>>
>> Thanks again!
>>
>> Bob

ML04 has been on for a year or more. I agree that something must have
changed but I'll be darned if I can tell. We have several other
servers running the same software and configuration and they ALL work
correctly. This is the only box like this. Frustrating!!!