Windows System Programming Third Edition

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processes if the child’s handle has been inherited, as is the case with Handles 1

and 3.

On the other hand , the handle values may be distinct. For example, there are

two handles for File D, where Process 2 obtained a handle by calling

rather than by inheritance. Finally, as is the case with Files B and E, one process

may have a handle to an object while the other does not. This would be the case

when the child process creates the handle or when a handle is duplicated from one

process to another, as described in the upcoming Duplica

ting Handles section.

Process Handle Counts

A common programming error is to neglect to clos