vfork()

[der Mouse]

In article <7449 at idunno.Princeton.EDU>, pfalstad at phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Paul Falstad) writes:
> [various stuff about vfork()]

> You could even use this call for a horribly unportable shared memory
> hack if you wanted.

I did, once.  The child signaled failure to exec() by setting a
variable before exiting.

I think the program has by now died the death it deserved, thankfully.

					der Mouse

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