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How does fork() and vfork() differ?

  
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June 21, 2007 07:58:53   #1  
Gopi K        

RE: How does fork() and vfork() differ?
vfork() differs from fork() only in that the child process can share code and data with the calling process (parent process). This speeds cloning activity significantly at a risk to the integrity of the parent process if vfork() is misused.
vfork() is a higher performance version of fork() that is provided on some systems where a performance advantage can be attained.

 
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