Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 28 Mar 1999 14:56:55 +1200 | From | Chris Wedgwood <> | Subject | Re: popen/pclose problem in Linux 2.2.x with vfork/glibc 2.1 |
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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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