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From: davidb@Pacer.UUCP (David Barts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: removable r/w optical disk
Summary: fork(), fork(), fork()....
Message-ID: <278@zircon.UUCP>
Date: 5 Mar 90 16:38:51 GMT
References: <E5co$i@cs.psu.edu> <210045@speclab.bgp-usgs.gov>
Organization: Pacer Corp., Bothell, WA
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In article <210045@speclab.bgp-usgs.gov>, rclark@speclab.bgp-usgs.gov (Roger N. Clar> [edited]
> main()
> {
> 	system ("/etc/mount /dev/dsk/c6d0s2 /i2");
> 	system ("/bin/chmod 755 /i2");
> }
Why not do something like:

	mount("/dev/dsk/c6d0s2", "/i2", 0);
	chmod("/i2", 0755);

...and avoid four unnecessary fork(2) calls?
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