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- Date: Fri, 29 Jul 1994 04:58:57 -0400
- From: "Nicholas S Castellano" <entropy@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu>
- To: schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de
- In-Reply-To: Andreas Schwab's message of Fri, 29 Jul 94 10:40:05 +0200 <9407290840.AA22379@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
- Subject: Pvfork()
-
- >From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
- >I have just recetly learned that vfork() is supposed to block even
- >under "real" Unix (if it's available at all). So there is no real
-
- Indeed you are correct! I didn't know that either, but APUE does say
- that it blocks. Sigh...I was hoping to avoid the need for kludges
- like __fork_and_exit(), by simply using vfork() instead of fork().
-
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