From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 10:12:56 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [9fans] (no subject) From: Russ Cox To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 0ca3c69a-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Yes, rfork N is very nearly useless in rc. In a C program it is more useful, because you can open file descriptors you need before and make system calls afterward. Russ