Hi! ----
While working on another bug I read http://blogs.sun.com/quenelle/entry/vfork_and_posix_spawn , http://developers.sun.com/solaris/articles/subprocess/subprocess.html and the Solaris 11/B48 |vfork()| manual page (which says: -- snip -- The vfork() function is deprecated. Its sole legitimate use as a prelude to an immediate call to a function from the exec family can be achieved safely by posix_spawn(3C) or posix_spawnp(3C). -- snip -- ) ... ... which raises the question whether ksh93 should (or could) use |posix_spawn()| instead of |vfork()| (the current ksh93/libshell source can be found at http://polaris.blastwave.org/browser/on/branches/ksh93/gisburn/prototype003/usr/src/lib/libshell/). Suggestions/ideas/rants/etc. welcome... ---- Bye, Roland -- __ . . __ (o.\ \/ /.o) roland.mainz at nrubsig.org \__\/\/__/ MPEG specialist, C&&JAVA&&Sun&&Unix programmer /O /==\ O\ TEL +49 641 7950090 (;O/ \/ \O;)
