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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2012-02-08 09:30:07 +1300 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2012-02-08 09:30:07 +1300 |
| commit | 6de06bb89fdba14e62217cb7984b82bee951a74d (patch) | |
| tree | 1c4204eefcc97cf8942621eacb48b6c9b977165f /man2/fork.2 | |
| parent | cf2b18fe6db7bfe36f65f7d7864b667dfcbfd441 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-6de06bb89fdba14e62217cb7984b82bee951a74d.tar.gz | |
fork.2: NOTES: Descibe clone() call equivalent to fork()
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man2/fork.2 b/man2/fork.2 index 49aeab6640..af8cdd3b12 100644 --- a/man2/fork.2 +++ b/man2/fork.2 @@ -205,6 +205,14 @@ wrapper that is provided as part of the NPTL threading implementation invokes .BR clone (2) with flags that provide the same effect as the traditional system call. +(A call to +.BR fork () +is equivalent to a call to +.BR clone (2) +specifying +.I flags +as just +.BR SIGCHLD .) The glibc wrapper invokes any fork handlers that have been established using .BR pthread_atfork (3). |