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42 .Nd register fork handlers
49 .Fa "void \*[lp]*prepare\*[rp]\*[lp]void\*[rp]"
50 .Fa "void \*[lp]*parent\*[rp]\*[lp]void\*[rp]"
51 .Fa "void \*[lp]*child\*[rp]\*[lp]void\*[rp]"
56 function declares fork handlers to be called before and after
58 in the context of the thread that called
61 The handlers registered with
63 are called at the moments in time described below:
64 .Bl -tag -width ".Fa prepare"
68 processing commences in the parent process.
71 handler is registered they will be called in the opposite order
76 completes in the parent process.
79 handler is registered they will be called in the same order
84 processing completes in the child process.
87 handler is registered they will be called in the same order
91 If no handling is desired at one or more of these three points,
92 a null pointer may be passed as the corresponding fork handler.
96 function will return zero.
97 Otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error.
101 function will fail if:
104 Insufficient table space exists to record the fork handler addresses.
112 function is expected to conform to
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