problem using sunview window + reading tty from a child process

[Mark D. Baushke]

Please note that due to an apparent time warp of some kind, my original
question was published after its solution was published.

The original question was in

        Sun-Spots Digest: Volume 7, Issue 153, message 2 of 16

the solution was published in

        Sun-Spots Digest: Volume 7, Issue 144, message 5 of 9

If possible, please either delete sunviewhelp.shar or include the solution
in that file.

[[ I wonder how that happened.  Sorry for the confusion.  I have removed
the shar file.  --wnl ]]

Problem/solution summary:

        Using stdin before creating a window and then again after the
        window no longer existed from a child process was not working.

        The problem is that sunview programs change process groups in
        the first call to window_create().  The work around should be
        something like this:

                int saved_pgrp;
                saved_pgrp = getpgrp(getpid());

                frame = window_create (NULL,FRAME,0);

                setpgrp(getpid(), saved_pgrp);


Thank you for anyone who may have obtained the shar file to try and help
me out.

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---------- Forwarded message From: sun!hvr (Heather Rose)

Mark,

The problem you're running into is that sunview programs change process
groups in the first call to window_create().  You can work around this
with something like this:

        int saved_pgrp;
        saved_pgrp = getpgrp(getpid());

        frame = window_create (NULL,FRAME,0);

        setpgrp(getpid(), saved_pgrp);

For just your first call to window_create().  Please try this and if it
does not work out for you, please get back to me by 1/31/89....

Also, if you use vfork instead you can save on some temporary swap space.
See the man page on fork.

Regards,

Heather Rose
U.S. Answer Center