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to the spawned process.
Example 8.14. RexxUtil - SysFork
/* Example Unix SysFork() and SysWait() */ pid = SysFork() if pid == 0 then do say "I am the child." code = executeChild() say "Child : done with execution, will exit with" code exit code end else do say 'I am the parent, child pid is:' pid code = executeParent() say 'Parent: going to wait for child.' code = SysWait() say 'Parent: back from waiting. Child exit code:' code end say 'Operating system version:' SysVersion() ::routine executeChild say 'Child : will sleep 1 second.' j = SysSleep(1) say 'Child : done sleeping 1. Will do some calculations.' total = 0 do 786 total += 3 end say 'Child : 3 * 786 is:' total say 'Child : will sleep 2 seconds.' j = SysSleep(2) say 'Child : done sleeping 2. Will do some calculations.' total = 0 do 1865 total += 7 end say 'Child : 7 * 1865 is:' total say 'Child : will sleep 2 seconds.' j = SysSleep(2) say 'Child : done sleeping 2.' say 'Child : done executing, will return 0.' return 0 ::routine executeParent say 'Parent: 3 * 786 is:' (3 * 786) j = SysSleep(2) say 'Parent: 7 * 1865 is:' (7 * 1865) return 0