[ksh93-integration-discuss] Shouldksh93/libshelluse|posix_spawn()| instead of |vfork()| ?

[Joerg Schilling]

Roland Mainz <roland.mainz at nrubsig.org> wrote:

> Erm... why does |posix_spawn()| call |vfork()| in this case ? The
> vfork(2) manual page says this function call is depreciated...

This is in the manual page since vfork() exists....

Vfork() is the only way to implement posix_spawn() the way you like (efficient).

Jörg

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