From: Wojciech Galazka <wgalazka AT chem DOT uw DOT edu DOT pl>
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Subject: Re: Why not fork() etc. specific for for shell usage?
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 18:53:49 +0200
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Randall Maas wrote:
> 

>  Under DPMI, someone will have to setup and copy the
> current data space (and probably the code space) to a new one for the
> child. 

Fine. Let's assume we did this. And what next. How can you make
parent and child processes to both work at the same time without hacking
DOS or or DJGPP startup code. How about signals and parent<-> child
process
communication? Sounds impossible to me with DOS 
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Wojciech Galazka
Computer Security Advisor