From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Fork
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 13:59:36 +0100
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Hello.

deckerben wrote:
> 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.

Look in the libc docs:

    info libc alpha fork

Regards,

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Richard Dawe [ http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/ ]