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Oscar Paniagua wrote:
> I need to make the next question:
> - For what in check.c you make two fork's:
>
> /* fork a child process */
> pid=fork();
>
> /* fork again... */
> pid=fork();
>

So as to not create zombie processes in case something goes wrong with
plugin execution. Otherwise an uninterruptable IO request could quite
possibly hang the entire daemon.

> Thanks
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> Best Regards/Saludos,
> Oscar Martin Paniagua
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