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The `fork()` function is the Unix/Linux/POSIX way of creating a new process by duplicating the calling process.

Grabbing output from exec

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working of fork in c language

Now I have a problem in understanding the working of fork() system call. I write a code which is following : #…

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Continue PHP execution after sending HTTP response

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Understanding C's fork() through a simple example

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How to spawn a new independent process in Python

I have a some Python code that occasionally needs to span a new process to run a shell script in …

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Python:How os.fork() works?

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What is the difference between using _exit() & exit() in a conventional Linux fork-exec?

I've been trying to figure out how the fork-exec mechanism is used inside Linux. Everything was going on according to …

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bash fork error (Resource temporarily unavailable) does not stop, and keeps showing up every time I try to kill/reboot

I mistakenly used a limited server as an iperf server for 5000 parallel connections. (limit is 1024 processes) Now every time I …

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Launch a completely independent process

I want to initiate a process from my python script main.py. Specifically, I want to run the below command: `…

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Classic C. Using pipes in execvp function, stdin and stdout redirection

I want to simulate bash in my Linux C program using pipes and execvp function. e.g ls -l | wc …

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