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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!ucsvax!ns1.nodak.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!news.clark.edu!spool.mu.edu!agate!headwall.Stanford.EDU!nntp.Stanford.EDU!leland.Stanford.EDU!yergeau Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: BSD demon? Message-ID: <1993Aug23.163903.4457@leland.Stanford.EDU> From: yergeau@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dan Yergeau) Date: Mon, 23 Aug 93 16:39:03 GMT Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News) References: <3887@bigfoot.first.gmd.de> <CBzDyp.82@cyb.fred.com> <253f5g$kak@genesis.ait.psu.edu> <1993Aug22.125802.18590@news.csuohio.edu> Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA Lines: 13 In article <1993Aug22.125802.18590@news.csuohio.edu>, thx1139@knuth.cba.csuohio.edu (thx) writes: |> In article <253f5g$kak@genesis.ait.psu.edu> barr@pop.psu.edu (David Barr) writes: |> >I'd say he's init, because all others spawn from him. |> Actually, he forks them. No, he forks himself, then execs them. Kind of a S&M thing, I guess. :^) -- Dan Yergeau You are in a twisty little passage yergeau@gloworm.Stanford.EDU of standards, all conflicting. #include <std.disclaimer>