spoon - execute a parallel SLI-proce
Command spoon -> Child_PID %for parent process
-> quit Command %for child process
{ (I am the child!) = } spoon (I am the parent!) =
Try this several times. You will notice the child message to appear
before or after the parent message "by chance". (Even after the parent's
I-prompt...)
Basic process management: execute a parallel SLI-process
In: Command (any): (However, Command is most likely to be a literal
procedure...)
Command will be executed by the child process,
which will terminate after execution.
It will be ignored by the parent process.
Out: For parent process: Child_PID (integer): The child's process-ID.
For child process: none.
A parallel process is forked.
Parent and child will execute in parallel. There is no way to know which
will start being executed first.
Child inherits all open files, including stdin and stdout, from parent!
If a SLI error is raised inside the child process, an error
message is issued and the process is terminated, in oder not
to leave two interactive SLI processes waiting for user
input. A copy of the error message is printed to cerr, in
case the standrad message stream M_OUT is redirected to a
pipe (i.e. by the spawn command).
Procedure: Call fork.
Check if you are parent/child by test of (PID eq 0).
If parent: discard (pop) Command, leave: (child)PID.
If child : discard (pop) 0-PID, execute Command, quit.
R Kupper
Mar 18 1999
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