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diff --git a/gnulib b/gnulib deleted file mode 160000 -Subproject 443bc5ffcf7429e557f4a371b0661abe98ddbc1 diff --git a/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/fork.texi b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/fork.texi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2db4bcc --- /dev/null +++ b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/fork.texi @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +@node fork +@section @code{fork} +@findex fork + +POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/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, MSVC 9. +@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 |