# Fork, exec, wait and exit | Percona Community

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/fork-exec-wait-and-exit-percona-community/20618>\
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**Created:** [March 16, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/fork-exec-wait-and-exit-percona-community/20618 "2023-03-16T12:19:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![daniil.bazhenov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/daniil.bazhenov/32/62_2.png) [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/fork-exec-wait-and-exit-percona-community/20618/1 "2023-03-16T12:19:08Z")

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This is the [english version of a 2007 article](https://isotopp.github.io/2007/01/07/fork-exec-wait-und-exit.html). In [de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc](news:de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc) somebody asked:

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://percona.community/blog/2021/01/04/fork-exec-wait-and-exit/](https://percona.community/blog/2021/01/04/fork-exec-wait-and-exit/)

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**Author:** ![Aleksandra\_Abramova](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/aleksandra_abramova/32/3038_2.png) [@Aleksandra\_Abramova](https://forums.percona.com/u/Aleksandra_Abramova)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/fork-exec-wait-and-exit-percona-community/20618/2 "2023-03-27T11:58:56Z")

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Comment by Djebarra Rabah Abderrazak:

Never understood this as I did today  
thank you

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**Author:** ![daniil.bazhenov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/daniil.bazhenov/32/62_2.png) [@daniil.bazhenov](https://forums.percona.com/u/daniil.bazhenov)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/fork-exec-wait-and-exit-percona-community/20618/3 "2023-03-27T11:58:56Z")

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