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BABY(1)                  USER COMMANDS                    BABY(1) 

NAME 
     BABY - create new process from two parent processes 

SYNOPSIS 

     BABY [ -sex ] [ -name ] 

DESCRIPTION 

     BABY is initiated when one parent process polls another server 
process through a socket connection (BSD) or through pipes in the 
System V implementation. BABY runs at a low priority for approximately 
40 weeks then terminates with heavy system load. Most systems require 
constant monitoring when BABY reaches its final stages of execution. 

        Older implementations of BABY required that the initiating 
process not be present at the time of completion. In these versions 
the initiating process is awakened and notified of the results upon 
completion. Modern versions allow both parent processes to be active 
during the final stages of BABY. 

OPTIONS 

        -sex  
          option indicating type of process created.  

        -name 
          process identification to be attached to the new process. 

RESULT 
     Successful execution of the BABY(1) results in new process 
     being created and named. Parent processes then typically 
     broadcast messages to all other processes informing them of their 
     new status in the system. 

BUGS 
     The SLEEP command may not work on either parent processes for some 
     time afterward, as new BABY processes constantly send interrupts 
     which must be handled by one or more parent. 
  
     BABY processes upon being created may frequently dump  
     in /tmp requiring /tmp to be cleaned out frequently by one 
     of the parent processes. 

SEE ALSO 
        sleep(1) dump(8) cry(3) 

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