Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 22:26:57 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Sean Eric Fagan <sef@kithrup.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org, michaelh@cet.co.jp Subject: Re: vfork cow? Message-ID: <2090.835075617@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 17 Jun 1996 20:24:30 PDT." <199606180324.UAA04977@kithrup.com>
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> vfork's main difference from fork() is that the parent is waits for the > child to exec or exit. SysVrX (X < 4) systems that didn't have vfork had to Aem.. Yes, I did sort of forget to mention this aspect of its behavior also (blush - and I just went over this code in Kirk's class not 5 weeks ago :-). Jordan
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