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From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
To: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pfg1+@pitt.edu>
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Subject: Re: sfork() ??
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"Pedro F. Giffuni" <pfg1+@pitt.edu> wrote:
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>Can someone knowledgeable comment on what it does, and maybe if it could 
>(or should) be brought into FreeBSD ?

Perhaps you are looking for rfork()? AFAIK Irix calls rfork() sfork().

Tony.
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