From:	"Sean Eby" <speby AT hotmail DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Fork
Date:	Sun, 23 Jun 2002 20:43:36 -0500
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"deckerben" <deckerben AT freenet DOT de> wrote in message
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> Are there any fork() libraries for DJGPP that I could try? Every time
I
> build an app that calls for fork(), I run out of memory. I read a FAQ
that
> said that fork() is not implemented in DJGPP. So  it could be that
> .configure think that there is fork, but there really isn't. This
could also
> be the cause that Python is running out of memory when it is trying to
start
> GCC from inside a setup.py script.
>
> Just a hunch.
>
> Ben
>
>

Haven't looked at it myself, but you could try Bob Stout's snippets
collection. I recall seeing a fork()-like implementation provided in his
collection. However, I have no idea what it is or is not capable of,
whether it even works, or how portable it is. However, his collection
appears to be geared primarily at x86 C programmers using most
ANSI-compatible compilers. Give it a try here:
http://www.snippets.org

Sean Eby

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