SNOBOL4FORK(3) | CSNOBOL4B 2.1.3 | June 25, 2020

NAME

snobol4fork - POSIX fork for SNOBOL4

SYNOPSYS

-INCLUDE 'fork.sno'


        pid = FORK()


        status = WAITPID([pid][,options])

DESCRIPTION

FORK() creates a process: returns 0 in child, process ID in parent.

WAITPID() takes an optional process id to wait for, and returns a string with the process id, status, and additional status about the child. options is a string of optional flags (see the waitpid(2) man page for details):

c
WCONTINUED

h
WNOHANG

t
WTRAPPED

u
WUNTRACED

w
NOWAIT

SEE ALSO

snobol4(1), fork(2), waitpid(2)

AUTHOR

Philip L. Budne