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;	[I"NThe thread calling fork is the only thread in the created child process. ;TI"%fork doesn't copy other threads.;T@o;
;	[I"EIf fork is not usable, Process.respond_to?(:fork) returns false.;T@o;
;	[I"UNote that fork(2) is not available on some platforms like Windows and NetBSD 4. ;TI"8Therefore you should use spawn() instead of fork().;T:
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