On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 09:19:22AM +0100, Michael Schnell wrote: > >> create a pipe >> vfork >> in child change stdout and stderr to one end of the pipe >> exec a new program that now uses the pipe as it's output >> now in the main program read from the pipe to get the output. >> > Will the child do *exec() ?
Yes that would be the 'exec a new program...' step. > If not, the parent will be blocked until the child exits. This might or > might not be desired. Yeah that would certainly be undesired. I figure the exec should happen as soon as possible after the vfork. -- Len Sorensen _______________________________________________ uClinux-dev mailing list uClinux-dev@uclinux.org http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/listinfo/uclinux-dev This message was resent by uclinux-dev@uclinux.org To unsubscribe see: http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/options/uclinux-dev
