cc: [email protected] [email protected] Subject: Re: Re: [ast-developers] posix_spawn not used on Linux? --------
> This is interesting. I thought both Linux and Solaris use > posix_spawn() to avoid the much more expensive vfork()/exec(). > > Irek > ksh93 should use spawnveg() rather than fork/exec on systems for which vfork() is not fork(). spawnveg() uses either posix_spawn() or vfork(). On what system do you see the shell use fork() for simple commands? David Korn [email protected] _______________________________________________ ast-developers mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo/ast-developers
