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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 It is used to create new processes without copying the page tables of
the parent process. the parent process.
It may be useful in performance-sensitive applications 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). .BR execve (2).
.PP .PP
.BR vfork () .BR vfork ()
@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ child was using its resources.
The use of The use of
.BR vfork () .BR vfork ()
was tricky: for example, not modifying data 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. held in a register.
.SH "CONFORMING TO" .SH "CONFORMING TO"
4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001. 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.