libexplain/fork_or_die.c File Reference

#include <libexplain/ac/unistd.h>
#include <libexplain/fork.h>
#include <libexplain/output.h>

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Functions
int	explain_fork_or_die (void)

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Function Documentation

int explain_fork_or_die

(

void

)

The explain_fork_or_die function is used to call the fork(2) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr, obtained from the explain_fork(3) function, and then the process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE).

This function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the following example:

 explain_fork_or_die();

Returns:

This function only returns on success. On failure, prints an explanation and exits, it does not return.

Definition at line 26 of file fork_or_die.c.