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1.1     ! root        1: .TH FORK 2
        !             2: .CT 2 proc_man
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: fork \(mi spawn new process
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .nf
        !             7: .B int fork()
        !             8: .fi
        !             9: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            10: .I Fork
        !            11: is the only way new processes are created.
        !            12: The new process's image is a copy of
        !            13: that of the caller of
        !            14: .IR fork .
        !            15: The only distinction is
        !            16: that the value returned in the old (parent) process
        !            17: is the process id
        !            18: of the new (child) process,
        !            19: while the value returned in the child is 0.
        !            20: Process ids range from 1 to 30,000.
        !            21: The process id is used by
        !            22: .IR wait 
        !            23: (see
        !            24: .IR exit (2))
        !            25: and
        !            26: .I kill
        !            27: (see
        !            28: .IR signal (2)).
        !            29: .PP
        !            30: Files open before the
        !            31: .I fork
        !            32: are shared, and have a common read-write pointer.
        !            33: This is the way that
        !            34: .IR sh (1)
        !            35: passes standard input and output
        !            36: files and sets up pipes.
        !            37: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            38: .IR exit (2),
        !            39: .IR signal (2), 
        !            40: .IR sh (1)
        !            41: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            42: .BR EAGAIN ,
        !            43: .BR ENOMEM

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