kc3-lang/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/fork.texi

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• @node fork
  @section @code{fork}
  @findex fork
  
  POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/fork.html}
  
  Gnulib module: ---
  
  Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @end itemize
  
  Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @item
  This function is missing on some platforms:
  mingw.
  @item
  On some platforms, @code{fork} followed by a call of the @code{exec} family
  (@code{execl}, @code{execlp}, @code{execle}, @code{execv}, @code{execvp},
  or @code{execve}) is less efficient than @code{vfork} followed by the same
  call.  @code{vfork} is a variant of @code{fork} that has been introduced to
  optimize the @code{fork}/@code{exec} pattern.
  @item
  On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function is not implemented; use
  @code{spawnvp} instead.
  @end itemize
  

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