Re: popen/pclose problem in Linux 2.2.x with vfork/glibc 2.1

Chris Wedgwood (cw@ix.net.nz)
Sun, 28 Mar 1999 14:56:55 +1200


On Sat, Mar 27, 1999 at 09:17:22PM -0500, Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:

> Ahem. It's *vfork*, you can't do e.g. fd manipulations. (Does
> there exist a "true vfork" where this would work? My memory of the
> original says "no, forget it".)

I think one was added recently... looking at the source its
architecture specific so may only exist for x86.

vfork is evil anyhow......

-cw

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