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Date:      Wed, 03 Apr 2002 18:56:10 -0800
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Ramkumar Chinchani <rc27@cse.Buffalo.EDU>
Cc:        "Tim J. Robbins" <tim@robbins.dropbear.id.au>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Ptracing each other
Message-ID:  <3CABC0CA.9ED1EEDB@mindspring.com>
References:  <Pine.SOL.4.30.0204031947100.18892-100000@tarantula.cse.Buffalo.EDU>

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Ramkumar Chinchani wrote:
> 
> Can two processes track each other through the proc file system then?
> 
> I want a scenario where process P1 and P2 track each others execution.
> 
> Is this possible at all?


By definition, doing this must result in infinite mutual
recursion, as process B traces process A tracing process B
tracing process A ... ad infinitum.

What problem are you trying to solve, that you think you
can solve by hacing processes mutually tracing each other?

-- Terry

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