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to: RON BASS
from: TIMO FINNIL
date: 1997-06-21 13:22:00
subject: fork for watcom

> Hello Timo!
>> I'm looking for fork() etc. for Watcom.
> Hmmm!  Since fork() is a UNIX system call, and I'm not aware of a version 
f
> Watcom that targets any version of UNIX, looks like you are SOL.
  I heard that someone had done fork() etc. unix-style functions for watcom.
> Which OS is your App targeting?  For Win32, look at CreateProcess().  For
> Win16, the nearest system call is WinExec().
  DOS Pmode.
> If you have access to internet news, there is an ongoing discussion of the
> diferences between the UNIX fork()/exec() functions and the Win32
> CreateProcess() function in comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32.
  thanks.
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