In many programs and man pages of Linux, I have seen code using fork(). Why do we need to use fork() and what is its purpose?

2015年12月19日 · fork() duplicates the process, so after calling fork there are actually 2 instances of your program running. How do you know which process is the original (parent) one, and …

2016年11月2日 · Fork creates a duplicate process and a new process context. When it returns a 0 value it means that a child process is running, but when it returns another value that means a …

A fork is a copy of a project folder (repository) into your github account or onto your desktop if you use Github on your Desktop. This allows you to freely experiment with changes without …

A fork is just a request for GitHub to clone the project and registers it under your username; GitHub also keeps track of the relationship between the two repositories, so you can visualize …

2009年10月31日 · 8 The main difference between fork() and exec() is that, The fork() system call creates a clone of the currently running program. The original program continues execution …

2010年11月23日 · This topic gives a good description of fork, vfork, clone and exec. Below are some often overlooked differences between fork and vfork I experienced on some Linux 2.6.3x …

2009年6月12日 · I want to fork on Windows. What is the most similar operation, and how do I use it?

I'd like to know more about the advantages and disadvantages of forking a github project vs. creating a branch of a github project. Forking makes my version of the project more isolated …

2013年10月1日 · Thus the first fork results in two processes. The second fork () is reached by those two processes, yielding four processes. The final fork () is reached by those four, netting …