Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!cepu!ucla-cs!faigin From: faigin@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: Fork a shell Message-ID: <2616@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Wed, 5-Dec-84 09:13:18 EST Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.2616 Posted: Wed Dec 5 09:13:18 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 8-Dec-84 06:27:38 EST References: <39300025@uiucdcs.UUCP> <226@pyuxt.UUCP> Reply-To: faigin@ucla-cs.UUCP (Daniel Faigin) Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 21 Summary: >> What does it mean "to fork a shell?" As a sidenote, ISOS (an 8-bit Unix like system by 4-phase) has a command called "spoon" which does a combined fork and exec. In a similar vein, another system I know of (but can't remember which one) has its "more" like command called "dog" (to go along with "cat") -- | Daniel P. Faigin | (This space intentionally University of California at Los Angeles | left blank) | UUCP: {cepu|ihnp4|trwspp|ucbvax}!ucla-cs!faigin | ARPA: faigin@UCLA-CS.ARPA | USPS (Home): 11743 Darlington Avenue #9 | Los Angeles CA 90049 | (213) 826-3357 |