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16 * Authored by: Thomas Voß <thomas.voss@canonical.com>
19 #ifndef CORE_POSIX_FORK_H_
20 #define CORE_POSIX_FORK_H_
22 #include <core/posix/child_process.h>
23 #include <core/posix/standard_stream.h>
24 #include <core/posix/visibility.h>
33 * @brief fork forks a new process and executes the provided main function in the newly forked process.
34 * @throws std::system_error in case of errors.
35 * @param [in] main The main function of the newly forked process.
36 * @param [in] flags Specify which standard streams should be redirected to the parent process.
37 * @return An instance of ChildProcess in case of success.
39 CORE_POSIX_DLL_PUBLIC ChildProcess fork(const std::function<posix::exit::Status()>& main,
40 const StandardStream& flags);
43 * @brief fork vforks a new process and executes the provided main function in the newly forked process.
44 * @throws std::system_error in case of errors.
45 * @param [in] main The main function of the newly forked process.
46 * @param [in] flags Specify which standard streams should be redirected to the parent process.
47 * @return An instance of ChildProcess in case of success.
49 CORE_POSIX_DLL_PUBLIC ChildProcess vfork(const std::function<posix::exit::Status()>& main,
50 const StandardStream& flags);
54 #endif // CORE_POSIX_FORK_H_