# SNOBOL4FORK(3) | CSNOBOL4B 2.0 | January 1, 2015

## NAME

snobol4fork - POSIX fork for SNOBOL4

## SYNOPSYS

    -INCLUDE 'fork.sno'

            pid = FORK()

            status = WAITPID([pid][,options])

## DESCRIPTION

FORK() creates a process: returns 0 in child, process ID in parent.

WAITPID() takes an optional process id to wait for, and returns a string with the process id, status, and additional status about the child. options is a string of optional flags (see the waitpid(2) man page for details):

c
  WCONTINUED

h
  WNOHANG

t
  WTRAPPED

u
  WUNTRACED

w
  NOWAIT

## SEE ALSO

snobol4(1), fork(2), waitpid(2)

## AUTHOR

Philip L. Budne