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Old 04-08-2002, 10:11 PM   #1
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what is the method to execute the parent and a chile concurrently when the user enters '&' at the command line? Is it by using fork?
 
Old 04-08-2002, 10:29 PM   #2
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Yes. For complex commands and background processing, the shell will call fork.
 
  


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