Fun with open_port

[Gerd Flaig]

Gerd Flaig <gerd@REDACTED> writes:

>    % erl
>    Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.3 [source] [hipe] [threads:0]
>    
>    Eshell V5.3  (abort with ^G)
>    1> dreck:r().
>    {#Port<0.30>,{exit_status,0}}
>    2> dreck:r().
>    {#Port<0.32>,{exit_status,0}}
>    3> dreck:r().
>    {#Port<0.33>,{exit_status,0}}
>    4> c(dreck).
>    {ok,dreck}
>    5> dreck:r().
>    timeout
>    6> dreck:r().
>    {#Port<0.65>,{exit_status,0}}
>    7> dreck:r().
>    {#Port<0.66>,{exit_status,0}}
>    8> dreck:r().
>    {#Port<0.67>,{exit_status,0}}

maybe I should also point out that the exit status doesn't get
delivered only after the first compile command in a node.

Another thing is: After the timeout, I have a /bin/true zombie in the
process table which disappears after the next test run.

       Goodbyte, Gerd.
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