On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 11:43:38 +0100 (CET) Francis Galiegue
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, Kevin Franden wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > fork(2) makes an _entire_ copy of the parent - data elements and
> all.
> > This is very inconvenient for things that use alot of memory.
> >
>
> An entire copy of the *address space* - and only the relevant parts.
> Only when
> a page is accessed by the child will it be created into memory. As
> for .text,
> it's shared. Linux also does demand paging.
Yes, you are correct. I misstated my above paragraph.
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