[comp.protocols.iso.dev-environ] quipu

ghatak@ALPHARD.CS.UTK.EDU (11/28/89)

 When ros.quipu terminates does it release/deallocate the core memory it had used to load the 
 data base from disk ? Is killing ros.quipu abruptly ok or does that have any detrimental side
 affects ?

 Many thanks,
 Subhendu

C.Robbins@CS.UCL.AC.UK (Colin Robbins) (11/28/89)

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   > When ros.quipu terminates does it release/deallocate the core memory it had used to load the 
   > data base from disk ? 
Yes.
Don't all processes release their core memory when they terminate ?

   > Is killing ros.quipu abruptly ok or does that have any 
   > detrimental side affects ?
It depends how you kill it.
If you use a catchable signal, such as SIGINT or SIGHUP, it will close all
connections cleanly.

If you use something like SIGKILL, connections will be ripped out, so
DUA/DSAs connected won't see a nice shutdown.

Colin