huy vu wrote:
Could someone tell me why one must use vfork() if one is to call exec right after? I am seeing exec fails right after doing a fork() and would like to under stand why before trying vfork()
It's not that one must use vfork(2); it's that vfork may succeed where fork(2) fails. This typically happens in memory/swap constrained environments... - Bart -- Bart Smaalders Solaris Kernel Performance [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://blogs.sun.com/barts _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
