vfork()

[Rick Kelly]

In article <8372 at rsiatl.Dixie.Com> stan at 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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