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Frankk at 20:58, 26 October 2005

2005-10-26T20:58:52Z

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	A Unix [[process]] gets created by the fork system call. When fork is called inside a program it will create a child process that is similar to its parent(caller of fork). Similarities are: the executable image is copied including [[stack]] and [[heap]] as well as memory mappings(see copy-on-write), [[file descriptors]] and locks are copied, the process name is the same. After forking the [[exec]] [[syscall]] is often called in order to make the intended program run. When the fork system call is called it will return 0 in the child and the pid of the child in the parent. If it fails it will return -1 and set [[errno]].		A Unix [[process]] gets created by the fork system call. When fork is called inside a program it will create a child process that is similar to its parent(caller of fork). Similarities are: the executable image is copied including [[stack]] and [[heap]] as well as memory mappings(see copy-on-write), [[file descriptors]] and locks are copied, the process name is the same. After forking, the [[exec]] [[syscall]] is often called in order to make the intended program run. When the fork system call is called, it will return 0 in the child and the pid of the child in the parent. If it fails it will return -1 and set [[errno]].

Pbug at 19:59, 8 October 2005

2005-10-08T19:59:17Z

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	A Unix [[process]] gets created by the fork system call. When fork is called inside a program it will create a child process that is similar to its parent(caller of fork). Similarities are: the executable image is copied including [[stack]] and [[heap]] as well as memory mappings(see copy-on-write), [[file descriptors]] and locks are copied, the process name is the same. After forking the [[exec]] ~~system call~~ is often called in order to make the intended program run. When the fork system call is called it will return 0 in the child and the pid of the child in the parent. If it fails it will return -1 and set [[errno]].		A Unix [[process]] gets created by the fork system call. When fork is called inside a program it will create a child process that is similar to its parent(caller of fork). Similarities are: the executable image is copied including [[stack]] and [[heap]] as well as memory mappings(see copy-on-write), [[file descriptors]] and locks are copied, the process name is the same. After forking the [[exec]] [[syscall]] is often called in order to make the intended program run. When the fork system call is called it will return 0 in the child and the pid of the child in the parent. If it fails it will return -1 and set [[errno]].

Pbug at 19:58, 8 October 2005

2005-10-08T19:58:44Z

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	A Unix [[process]] gets created by the fork system call. When fork is called inside a program it will create a child process that is similar to its parent(caller of fork). Similarities are: the executable image is copied including stack and heap as well as memory mappings(see copy-on-write), file descriptors and locks are copied, the process name is the same. After forking the [[exec]] system call is often called in order to make the intended program run. When the fork system call is called it will return 0 in the child and the pid of the child in the parent. If it fails it will return -1 and set [[errno]].		A Unix [[process]] gets created by the fork system call. When fork is called inside a program it will create a child process that is similar to its parent(caller of fork). Similarities are: the executable image is copied including [[stack]] and [[heap]] as well as memory mappings(see copy-on-write), [[file descriptors]] and locks are copied, the process name is the same. After forking the [[exec]] system call is often called in order to make the intended program run. When the fork system call is called it will return 0 in the child and the pid of the child in the parent. If it fails it will return -1 and set [[errno]].

Pbug at 18:41, 5 October 2005

2005-10-05T18:41:37Z

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	A Unix [[process]] gets created by the fork system call. When fork is called inside a program it will create a child process that is ~~exactly the same as~~ its parent(caller of fork). After forking the [[exec]] system call is often called in order to make the intended program run. When the fork system call is called it will return 0 in the child and the pid of the child in the parent. If it fails it will return -1 and set [[errno]].		A Unix [[process]] gets created by the fork system call. When fork is called inside a program it will create a child process that is similar to its parent(caller of fork). Similarities are: the executable image is copied including stack and heap as well as memory mappings(see copy-on-write), file descriptors and locks are copied, the process name is the same. After forking the [[exec]] system call is often called in order to make the intended program run. When the fork system call is called it will return 0 in the child and the pid of the child in the parent. If it fails it will return -1 and set [[errno]].

Pbug at 18:37, 5 October 2005

2005-10-05T18:37:11Z

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A Unix [[process]] gets created by the fork system call. When fork is called inside a program it will create a child process that is exactly the same as its parent(caller of fork). After forking the [[exec]] system call is often called in order to make the intended program run. When the fork system call is called it will return 0 in the child and the pid of the child in the parent. If it fails it will return -1 and set [[errno]].

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Many clueful system administrators limit how many processes can be forked or else you have a run-away phenomenon called a [[fork-bomb]] which happens to creep up in [[Linux]] even today.