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// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
/*
* Copyright (c) 2000 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
* All Rights Reserved.
*/
#ifndef _FORKER_H_
#define _FORKER_H_
#define FORKER_MAX_PIDS 4098
extern int Forker_pids[FORKER_MAX_PIDS]; /* holds pids of forked processes */
extern int Forker_npids; /* number of entries in Forker_pids */
/*
* This function will fork and the parent will exit zero and
* the child will return. This will orphan the returning process
* putting it in the background.
*/
int background( char * );
/*
* Forker will fork ncopies-1 copies of self.
*
* arg 1: Number of copies of the process to be running after return.
* This value minus one is the number of forks performed.
* arg 2: mode: 0 - all children are first generation descendents.
* 1 - each subsequent child is a descendent of another
* descendent, resulting in only one direct descendent of the
* parent and each other child is a child of another child in
* relation to the parent.
* arg 3: prefix: string to preceed any error messages. A value of NULL
* results in no error messages on failure.
* returns: returns to parent the number of children forked.
*/
int forker( int , int , char * );
#endif /* _FORKER_H_ */