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authorsheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>2002-01-09 14:44:06 +0000
committersheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>2002-01-09 14:44:06 +0000
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Document behaviour with respect to interval timers.
PR: 33156 Submitted by: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>
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-rw-r--r--lib/libc/sys/fork.24
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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/fork.2 b/lib/libc/sys/fork.2
index 83f1471..e20e4bb 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/fork.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/fork.2
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ as well as to set up pipes.
The child process' resource utilizations
are set to 0; see
.Xr setrlimit 2 .
+.It
+All interval timers are cleared; see
+.Xr setitimer 2 .
.El
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion,
@@ -119,6 +122,7 @@ There is insufficient swap space for the new process.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr execve 2 ,
.Xr rfork 2 ,
+.Xr setitimer 2 ,
.Xr setrlimit 2 ,
.Xr vfork 2 ,
.Xr wait 2
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