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Date:	Wed, 13 Oct 2004 19:31:31 PDT7
From:	Colin Campbell <cmcampb@adelphia.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Multiple Traps

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Steven Levine wrote:

>In <200410130625.1550530.9@scoug.com>, on 10/13/04
> at 06:25 AM, "Harry Motin" said:
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>>OK! I don't understand the difference. I spent some time with Google, but did not get anyway. Would you please explain the difference and explain how you can tell which is which? Thank you.
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>A kernel trap is, as it's name implies, when an exception trap occurs
>within the kernel. The result depends on how you are set up. You will
>either get a black screen full of numbers or the kernel will write a trap dump file to either diskette or a hard drive partition. After this, the kernel will throw up it's virtual hands and die. You will get to reboot and chkdsk.
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>A process trap is when an exception trap occurs within a process (i.e. an application). Depending on your set up, the kernel will pop up a message on the screen, write a summary of the trap to popuplog.os2 or write a trap dump file to the place to told it to. After this, the kernel kills the process and cleans up after it and continues to run normally.
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>So, which type of trap are you getting?
>
>Steven
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Steven,
I'm just an interested observer on this matter, and I feel lucky that I
haven't often been on the failing end of OS/2. But I feel a lot more
knowledgeable now about these two classes of traps. Your explanation
was clear and concise. And, if many others are at my level of OS/2
knowledge, I'm sure you did more than just one of us a favor.
Colin

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