On Tue, 19 Dec 1995, J.C.vanIterson wrote:
> If fork() copies all memory from the parent proces to the child
> proces how are pointers handled?
> Would they still point to the parents memory?
>
> Jaco
They shouldn't. It'd give SIGSEGV, the standard UNIX catch-all
exception, otherwise. (I think the correct number is exception 12.)
Memory protection and all. UNIX might handle it differently for child
processes, but I don't think it should, if it does.
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