Title: How to clone a process in Linux
program TestFork;
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}
uses
SysUtils,
Libc;
var
ForkedProcessHandle: __pid_t;
bForked: Boolean;
procedure ForkNow;
begin
bForked := true;
ForkedProcessHandle := fork;
end;
function IsForked: Boolean;
begin
Result := (ForkedProcessHandle = 0) and bForked;
end;
var
Lf: Integer;
begin
sigignore(SIGCHLD);
bForked := false;
WriteLn('do some stuff');
WriteLn('before fork');
ForkNow;
WriteLn('after fork - we have dublicated the process');
if IsForked then begin
WriteLn('do some stuff in forked process (wait 5s)');
for Lf := 0 to 50 do begin
Write('f');
sleep(100);
end;
end else begin
WriteLn('do stuff in original process (wait 10)');
for Lf := 0 to 100 do begin
Write('o');
sleep(100);
end;
end;
WriteLn;
if IsForked then
WriteLn('forked process end')
else
WriteLn('original process end');
end.
{
Output of this demo app:
do some stuff
before fork
after fork - we have dublicated the process
after fork - we have dublicated the process
do some stuff in forked process (wait 5s)
fdo stuff in original process (wait 10)
ooffooffooffooffooffooffooffooffooffooffooffooffooffooffooffooffooffooff
ooffooffooffooffooffooffooffoo
forked process end
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
original process end
}