+
+ /*
+ * The process ID is the human-readable identifier of the process
+ * that we want to present in log and error messages. The handle
+ * is not useful for this purpose. But we cannot close it, either,
+ * because it is not possible to turn a process ID into a process
+ * handle after the process terminated.
+ * Keep the handle in a list for waitpid.
+ */
+ EnterCriticalSection(&pinfo_cs);
+ {
+ struct pinfo_t *info = xmalloc(sizeof(struct pinfo_t));
+ info->pid = pi.dwProcessId;
+ info->proc = pi.hProcess;
+ info->next = pinfo;
+ pinfo = info;
+ }
+ LeaveCriticalSection(&pinfo_cs);
+
+ return (pid_t)pi.dwProcessId;