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oh fork() and vfork() someone explain the difference?

Can somebody explain to me the differences between fork() and vfork() system calls using C programs which I can implement in the UNIX environement?
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Old 02-05-2008
vfork() no longer makes sense. Most versions of unix still have a vfork() that simply calls fork() so that old programs can continue to function.
 
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