explain_fork_or_die(3)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this is explain_fork_or_die — it creates a child process and reports errors. that's it. that's the whole vibe. ✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <libexplain/fork.h>
void explain_fork_or_die(void);

like look at it. so simple. so clean. no arguments, no drama. 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so the explain_fork_or_die function is here to call the fork(2) system call for you. iconic behavior.

but here's the tea: if it fails, it prints an explanation to stderr — and that explanation comes straight from explain_fork(3), no cap — and then the process literally terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE). so it does not come back. it's giving "we die with dignity". 💀

this function is meant to be used in a fashion similar to the following example, bestie:

explain_fork_or_die();

Returns:

this function only returns on success. on failure, it prints an explanation and exits. so if you see it return, that means everything ate and left no crumbs. 🎀

fr fr, don't expect a return value situation on the bad path — there isn't one, the process is just gone. 🙈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• fork(2) — create a child process
• explain_fork(3) — explain fork(2) errors
• exit(2) — terminate the calling process

iykyk, these three are the whole friend group. 🫶

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💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

this is libexplain version 1.4, and the copyright belongs to Copyright (C) 2008 Peter Miller. periodt. ⭐

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okay bestie, that's the whole page 🧚 — shoutout to libexplain version 1.4 and Peter Miller's 2008 copyright, and the man page itself is from the Library Functions Manual, explain_fork_or_die(3), slay. 💖🌈🎀