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Difference between fork() & vfork()

  1. vforlk() allows more one child process to be created simaltaneously whereas for() allows only one

  2. vfork() retains same PID for child & parent known as virtual PID

  3. vfork() suspends the parent process until child process exits

  4. fork() & vfork() are same
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Explanation

Unlike fork(), which allows both parent and child processes to run concurrently, vfork() suspends the parent process until the child process either calls execve() or exits, preventing race conditions on shared memory.

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