Subject: Re: Real vfork() (was: third results)
To: None <jiho@postal.c-zone.net>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/05/1998 12:22:19
On Sat, 04 Apr 1998 21:24:03 -0000 (GMT) 
 jiho@postal.c-zone.net wrote:

 > Well, if errors occur, they aren't working right anyway, are they?

Errors like "no such file or directory", etc.

 > How is the syscall done to make old programs use the old vfork()?

The old syscall is vfork(), the new one is __vfork14().  The prototype,
when in scope, does a symbol renaming trick.

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