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From: Jochen Kunz <jkunz_at_unixag-kl.fh-kl.de>
Date: Thu Jan 3 09:36:32 2002

On 2002.01.03 14:07 Derek Peschel wrote:

[overlayed executables in 2.11BSD]
> Random question -- Is there any way to use overlays with shared text
> segments (the "sticky bit")?
I don't know.

> The shell is one of the usual candidates
> for having its sticky bit set, but then it would have to keep track of
> which users need which overlays... not pleasant.
Hmmm. I can only assume. The info what overlay is active is part of the
process structure, as it is part of the memory management and handled by
the kernel. So it would be individual for every process. But I may be
completly wrong in that.
-- 
tsch??,
         Jochen
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Received on Thu Jan 03 2002 - 09:36:32 GMT

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