Posix.fork(3kaya)

Posix.fork3kaya

Fork a new process.

Usage

Int fork( )

Overview

Fork a new process, returning the process ID of the new process in the parent process, or zero in the child process. An Posix.OutOfMemory (3kaya) or Posix.OverResourceLimit (3kaya) if the process cannot be created.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7
  4. 8

Authors

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others ([email protected]). For further information see http://kayalang.org/

License

The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.

From kaya 0.4.4-6.2 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.