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diff --git a/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml b/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml index b8fa10bd1..63f927e73 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ There is no default set. </para> </listitem> <listitem> -<para><envar>forkchunk:32768</envar> - causes <function>fork()</function> +<para><envar>forkchunk:32768</envar> - causes the <function>fork()</function> to copy memory some number of bytes at a time, in the above example 32768 bytes (32Kb) at a time. The default is to copy as many bytes as possible, which is preferable in most cases but may slow some older systems @@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ down. </para> </listitem> <listitem> +<para><envar>fork_retry:n</envar> - causes the <function>fork()</function> +to retry n times when a child process fails due to certain specific errors. +</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> <para><envar>(no)glob[:ignorecase]</envar> - if set, command line arguments containing UNIX-style file wildcard characters (brackets, question mark, asterisk, escaped with \) are expanded into lists of files that match |