BABY(1)                 USER COMMANDS                  BABY(1)


NAME

    BABY - create new process from two parent processes


SYNOPSIS

    BABY sex [ name ]


SYSTEM V SYNOPSIS

    /usr/5bin/BABY [ -sex ] [ -name ]


AVAILABILITY

    The System V  version of  this command is  available with the
    System V software  installation  option. Refer  to Installing
    SunOS 4.1  for  information on how to install and invoke BABY.


DESCRIPTION

    BABY is initiated when one parent process polls another server
    process through a socket connection (BSD) or through pipes  in
    the system V implementation.  BABY runs  at a low priority for
    approximately  40  weeks  then  terminates  with  heavy system
    load.  Most  systems  require  constant  monitering  when BABY
    reaches it's final stages of execution.

    Older  implentations  of BABY  required  that  the  initiating
    process  not  be present  at the  time of completion, In these
    versions the initiating  process  is awakened  and notified of
    the results upon completion. Modern versions allow both parent
    processes to be active during the final stages of BABY.

          example% BABY -sex m -name fred


OPTIONS

    -sex
      option indicating type of process created.

    -name
      process identification to be attaced to the new process.


RESULT

    Successful execution of the BABY(1) results in new process
    being created and named.  Parent  processes then typically
    broadcast messages to all  other processes  informing them
    of their new status in the system.


BUGS

    The SLEEP command may not work on either parent  processes
    for some  time afterward, as new BABY processes constantly
    send  interrupts  which  must  be  handled  by one or more
    parent.

    BABY  processes  upon being created may frequently dump in
    /tmp requireing  /tmp to be  cleaned out frequently by one
    of the parent processes.

    The original AT&T version was provided without instuctions
    regarding  the  created  process,  this remains in current
    implementations.


SEE ALSO

    cigars(6) dump(5) cry(3)


OTHER IMPLEMENTATIONS

    gnoops(1)
       FSF version of BABY where none of the authors will accept
       responsibility for anything.


NOTES

    baby -sex f -name Cathryn Leigh Beck

    completed sucessfully at the Grey Nuns  Hospital  on March
    30 at 9:59 P.M. after 5 hours of labour. New Mom  Chenelle
    is doing fine,  as is the baby, Dad is tickled pink.  Both
    will   probably  come  home  sometime  on  Tuesday.   More
    information  can  be gotten  from Dad by e-mail or when he
    brings  his new  little girl by to show her off (should be
    soon) Celebrations can probably begin in earnest after Dad
    catches up on all the work he couldn't do this weekend.


Last change

    Just before I left the hospital last.