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diff --git a/extension/fork.3am b/extension/fork.3am index 804ad0c9..9e545a14 100644 --- a/extension/fork.3am +++ b/extension/fork.3am @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -.TH FORK 3am "Jul 30 2012" "Free Software Foundation" "GNU Awk Extension Modules" +.TH FORK 3am "Aug 08 2012" "Free Software Foundation" "GNU Awk Extension Modules" .SH NAME fork, wait, waitpid \- basic process management .SH SYNOPSIS .ft CW @load "fork" -.br +.sp pid = fork() .sp ret = waitpid(pid) @@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ There is no corresponding .B exec() function. .PP -The interfaces could be enhanced to provide more facilities. +The interfaces could be enhanced to provide more facilities, +including pulling out the various bits of the return status. .SH EXAMPLE .ft CW .nf @@ -63,6 +64,10 @@ else .IR readfile (3am), .IR rwarray (3am), .IR time (3am). +.PP +.IR fork (2), +.IR wait (2), +.IR waitpid (2). .SH AUTHOR Arnold Robbins, .BR arnold@skeeve.com . |