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vfork.2: grfix 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Andr Goddard Rosa 2010-06-15 03:33:53 +02:00 committed by Michael Kerrisk
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@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ is a special case of
It is used to create new processes without copying the page tables of
the parent process.
It may be useful in performance-sensitive applications
where a child will be created which then immediately issues an
where a child is created which then immediately issues an
.BR execve (2).
.PP
.BR vfork ()
@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ child was using its resources.
The use of
.BR vfork ()
was tricky: for example, not modifying data
in the parent process depended on knowing which variables are
in the parent process depended on knowing which variables were
held in a register.
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.