[SaltwaterC]

Spawning a new process is not the same thing as forking, but people often forget this bit. This post wasn't about forking.

[fexl]

I thought that spawning a new process was the same as forking. What am I missing?

[SaltwaterC]

http://linux.die.net/man/2/fork - this explains better.

[fexl]

Thanks, but I already know what fork does. My point is that "fork" is precisely how one spawns a new process, and there is no other way to do so.