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Re: vfork / setsid interaction
- From: Joe Buehler <jbuehler at hekimian dot com>
- To: Robert Collins <rbcollins at cygwin dot com>
- Cc: Cygwin Developers <cygwin-developers at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 10:28:09 -0400
- Subject: Re: vfork / setsid interaction
- Organization: Spirent Communications
- References: <1029248291.12157.96.camel@lifelesswks>
- Reply-to: joseph dot buehler at spirentcom dot com
Robert Collins wrote:
IIRC According to SUSv2, calling *anything* after [v]fork() other than
exec() may lead to unexpected behaviour.
You might like to reference the SUSv2 and see what the expected
behaviour is.
Granted, but compatibility with historical UNIX behavior makes it
easier to port things.
Joe Buehler