_Fork(3)

_Fork3

Create a child process

Usage

#include <unistd.h>

pid_t _Fork(void);

Library

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

Overview

This function is equivalent to fork(2), except that fork handlers registered with pthread_atfork(3) are not called.

Standards

POSIX.1-2024.

History

POSIX.1-2024.

From man-pages 6.19-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.