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[unix-history] / usr / man / man2 / vfork.2

diff --git a/usr/man/man2/vfork.2 b/usr/man/man2/vfork.2
index ce4f5e7..a017a9d 100644 (file)
--- a/usr/man/man2/vfork.2
+++ b/usr/man/man2/vfork.2
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-.TH VFORK 2 "2 July 1983"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
+.\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
+.\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
+.\"
+.\"    @(#)vfork.2     6.2 (Berkeley) 6/30/85
+.\"
+.TH VFORK 2 "June 30, 1985"

 .UC 4
 .SH NAME
 vfork \- spawn new process in a virtual memory efficient way
 .UC 4
 .SH NAME
 vfork \- spawn new process in a virtual memory efficient way


@@ -33,7 +39,7 @@ the parent's context.
 can normally be used just like
 .I fork.
 It does not work, however, to return while running in the childs context
 can normally be used just like
 .I fork.
 It does not work, however, to return while running in the childs context

-from the procedure which called
+from the procedure that called

 .I vfork
 since the eventual return from
 .I vfork
 .I vfork
 since the eventual return from
 .I vfork


@@ -68,7 +74,7 @@ as it will, in that case, be made synonymous to
 .IR fork .
 .PP
 To avoid a possible deadlock situation,
 .IR fork .
 .PP
 To avoid a possible deadlock situation,

-processes which are children in the middle
+processes that are children in the middle

 of a
 .I vfork
 are never sent SIGTTOU or SIGTTIN signals; rather,
 of a
 .I vfork
 are never sent SIGTTOU or SIGTTIN signals; rather,