From: Damian Yerrick <MYNAMEISd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comNO2CANNEDHAM>
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Subject: Re: fork() should generate warning, Was (Re: DJGPP Setup Utility in the  making.)
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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 17:23:23 GMT
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On Wed, 09 Feb 2000 11:25:35 -0500, "Campbell, Rolf [SKY:1U32:EXCH]"
<moscoop AT americasm01 DOT nt DOT com> wrote:

>Laurynas Biveinis wrote:
>
>> Here comes one disadvantage that DJGPP has library
>> functions like fork(), pipe() etc. which always fail.
>> I moves meaningful error message from compilation
>> to runtime.
>
>    That's a good point.  I wonder why there isn't a compiler warning
>for usage of 'fork' or any other UNIX functions that will always fail
>under DJGPP.  I suspect it would make programs easier to port to have
>the compiler point you to a line that will not work rather than hope
>that the original program checks for error during fork and prints some
>meaningful message.

Try this at the top of your source files:
#define fork FORK_OFF

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