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.
>
That's OK :)
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