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Re:Fork() without exec() is dangerous in large programs (2016) by cryptonector on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @07:15PM (#31747179)
In glibc it uses vfork() in some cases.

In Solaris/Illumos it uses vfork() or vforkx().

In principle posix_spawn() can be a system call.

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Re:Fork() without exec() is dangerous in large programs (2016) by comex on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @12:46AM (#31749213)
On macOS it is a system call.
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