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| -rw-r--r-- | man2/fork.2 | 8 |
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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). |