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Open handles to files, directories and network sockets All open handles are dup()-ed in pseudo-processes, so that closing any handles in one process does not affect the othe +rs. See below for some limitations.
Open filehandles Any filehandles open at the time of the fork() will be dup( +)-ed. ... change it in the child and vice-versa. One can avoid this b +y opening files that need distinct seek pointers separately i +n the child.