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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/vfork.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/vfork.2 | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/vfork.2 b/lib/libc/sys/vfork.2 index ebaafc6f2ac..0c825d45ec3 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/vfork.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/vfork.2 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: vfork.2,v 1.6 1998/07/06 18:28:56 deraadt Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: vfork.2,v 1.7 1999/02/27 21:56:59 deraadt Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: vfork.2,v 1.8 1997/07/10 07:54:13 mikel Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ .Ft pid_t .Fn vfork void .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Fn Vfork +.Fn vfork was originally used to create new processes without fully copying the address space of the old process, which is horrendously inefficient in a paged environment. It was useful when the purpose of @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ It is the case that is now efficient, even in the above case, so that the need for .Fn vfork is diminished. -.Fn Vfork +.Fn vfork differs from .Xr fork in that the parent is suspended until the child makes a call to @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ or an exit (either by a call to .Xr _exit 2 or abnormally.) .Pp -.Fn Vfork +.Fn vfork returns 0 in the child's context and (later) the pid of the child in the parent's context. .Sh SEE ALSO |