Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site uiucuxc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxn!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!rcook From: rcook@uiucuxc.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: Fork a shell Message-ID: <29300014@uiucuxc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 5-Dec-84 18:46:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucuxc.29300014 Posted: Wed Dec 5 18:46:00 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 7-Dec-84 01:13:10 EST References: <39300025@uiucdcs.UUCP> Lines: 5 Nf-ID: #R:uiucdcs:39300025:uiucuxc:29300014:000:129 Nf-From: uiucuxc!rcook Dec 5 17:46:00 1984 In simpler terms, it means to start up another process running (usually) running parallel with the process being forked from.