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From: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: vfork()
Keywords: vfork()
Message-ID: <9103211909.21@rmkhome.UUCP>
Date: 22 Mar 91 05:28:00 GMT
References: <8372@rsiatl.Dixie.Com>
Reply-To: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Organization: The Man With Ten Cats
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In article <8372@rsiatl.Dixie.Com> stan@Dixie.Com (Stan Brown) writes:

>	A quick question.  I have run into a couple of packages that
>	use a routine called vfork().  My libraries/system cals don't
>	include this.

>	Could someone tell me how this is different from fork()
>	Also any ideas on how to implemet it using fork() (or
>	otherwise) would be appreicated.


In many cases you can probably get the packages to work by changing vfork
to fork.



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