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+To: vim_dev@googlegroups.com
+Subject: Patch 7.4.160
+Fcc: outbox
+From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
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+------------
+
+Patch 7.4.160
+Problem:    Win32: Crash when executing external command.
+Solution:   Only close the handle when it was created. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto)
+Files:	    src/os_win32.c
+
+
+*** ../vim-7.4.159/src/os_win32.c	2014-01-12 13:24:46.000000000 +0100
+--- src/os_win32.c	2014-01-24 19:54:35.778219160 +0100
+***************
+*** 4627,4632 ****
+--- 4627,4633 ----
+  	    DWORD		flags = CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE;
+  	    char_u		*p;
+  
++ 	    ZeroMemory(&si, sizeof(si));
+  	    si.cb = sizeof(si);
+  	    si.lpReserved = NULL;
+  	    si.lpDesktop = NULL;
+***************
+*** 4723,4731 ****
+  	    if (newcmd != cmdbase)
+  		vim_free(newcmd);
+  
+! 	    if (si.hStdInput != NULL)
+  	    {
+! 		/* Close the handle to \\.\NUL */
+  		CloseHandle(si.hStdInput);
+  	    }
+  	    /* Close the handles to the subprocess, so that it goes away */
+--- 4724,4732 ----
+  	    if (newcmd != cmdbase)
+  		vim_free(newcmd);
+  
+! 	    if (si.dwFlags == STARTF_USESTDHANDLES && si.hStdInput != NULL)
+  	    {
+! 		/* Close the handle to \\.\NUL created above. */
+  		CloseHandle(si.hStdInput);
+  	    }
+  	    /* Close the handles to the subprocess, so that it goes away */
+*** ../vim-7.4.159/src/version.c	2014-01-23 22:45:54.608127182 +0100
+--- src/version.c	2014-01-24 19:52:46.946216170 +0100
+***************
+*** 740,741 ****
+--- 740,743 ----
+  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
++ /**/
++     160,
+  /**/
+
+-- 
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+209. Your house stinks because you haven't cleaned it in a week.
+
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