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> From: 048321887-0001 AT t-online DOT de (Udo Kuhnt)
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: 30 May 2004 13:12:55 -0700
> 
> So X_PCreate is perhaps really better
> suited for this task than Z_Dom_Fork - that is, if it is at all possible to
> use one of these functions to emulate a POSIX fork. :-/

Right.

Writing a simple test program is probably the way to find out, as a
few issues (mentioned in this thread) are still unclear about
X_PCreate.

In any case, thanks for bringing this API to our attention.