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Re: [PATCH] posix: New function posix_spawn_file_actions_addchdir_np [BZ #17405]

* Carlos O'Donell:

> How about something shorter like:
>
> "Execute a child process without fork"

I think the reference point should not be fork, but popen and system.
The theme should be one of these:

  “Start a program in a subprocess”
  “Launch a separate program”

I would say the key differences are:

* More control over the descriptors and other process properties.
* The shell is not used.
* Execution can be interleaved with the existing process (unlike system).

The existing popen documentation probably needs updates as well.
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