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Are file descriptors shared when fork()ing?

Let's say I open a file with open(). Then I fork() my program. Will father and child now share the …

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Trouble with dup2, stdout, and stderr

When this program is run, the "stderr" line is displayed before the "stdout" line. Why? I thought dup2 would make …

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Fair comparison of fork() Vs Thread

I was having a discussion about the relative cost of fork() Vs thread() for parallelization of a task. We understand …

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Working of fork() in linux gcc

fork() creates a new process and the child process starts to execute from the current state of the parent process. …

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How do you share data between a parent and forked child process in Python?

I'm pretty sure one would do this using the os.plock(op) function, but I have no idea how. Also, …

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Why does system() fail with error code 127?

On a Linux system I am trying to call a program at runtime with the system() call. The system call …

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Passing node flags/args to child process

If we fork a child_process in Node, how can we pass node parameters to the child_process? https://nodejs.…

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forking() and CreateProcess()

Are forking() and CreateProcess(with all required arguments), the same thing for Linux and WinXP, respectively? If they are different, …

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PHP: What does pcntl_fork() really do?

PHP's pcntl_fork function is supposed to fork a process just as the standard fork function in C. But I …

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C++ fork() and execv() problems

I am kind of newbie on C++, and working on a simple program on Linux which is supposed to invoke …

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