Fork–exec is a commonly used technique in Unix whereby an executing process spawns a new program. == Description == fork() is the name of the system call that the parent process uses to "divide" itself ("fork") into two identical processes.
Fork–exec is a commonly used technique in Unix whereby an executing process spawns a new program. == Description == fork() is the name of the system call that the parent process uses to "divide" itself ("fork") into two identical processes.
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