Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 12:16:30 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Chris Croughton <crough45 AT amc DOT de>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Multitasking in DJGPP
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On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Chris Croughton wrote:

> Is anyone working on Unix type multitasking in DJGPP?  Particularly
> fork and pipes.

AFAIK, no one does.
 
> I ran into it when trying to port tcsh.  For that I'd be satisfied
> with a task switcher (i.e. when fork is called it runs the 'child'
> to completion and then continues with the 'parent).

I don't understand.  This is exactly what `spawnXX' function do right
now.  If you are willing to suspend the parent until the child exits,
why do you need `fork' at all?