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| author | Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-08-01 12:04:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-08-01 12:04:32 +0000 |
| commit | b47d4cf924a3e47bd1b38fd7f9a0669b6bda1bdf (patch) | |
| tree | 72236bfa58e75dbba99dcf9dd00619458e9ee44e /lib | |
| parent | 399a82cd5d19a1b7e6433f3d43caf752aba90187 (diff) | |
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Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/gen/rfork_thread.3 | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/rfork_thread.3 b/lib/libc/gen/rfork_thread.3 index 9629534ae383..eafde60388e7 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/rfork_thread.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/rfork_thread.3 @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ .Ft int .Fn rfork_thread "int flags" "void *stack" "int (*func)(void *arg)" "void *arg" .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Fn rfork_thread 3 +.Fn rfork_thread is a helper function for .Xr rfork 2 . It arranges for a new process to be created and the child process will @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Using this function should avoid the need to implement complex stack swap code. .Sh RETURN VALUES Upon successful completion, -.Fn rfork_thread 3 +.Fn rfork_thread returns the process ID of the child process to the parent process. Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned to the parent process, no child process is created, and the global @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ variable is set to indicate the error. .Pp The child process context is not aware of a return from the -.Fn rfork_thread 3 +.Fn rfork_thread function as it begins executing directly with the supplied function. .Sh ERRORS See @@ -72,6 +72,6 @@ for error return codes. .Xr vfork 2 .Sh HISTORY The -.Fn rfork_thread 3 +.Fn rfork_thread function call first appeared in -.Fx 5.0 +.Fx 5.0 . |