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zygote

A zygote process is a small process used primarily to create new processes

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zygote

zygote is a library to create zygote processes on linux. A zygote process is a small process used primarily to create new processes, but can be used for anything that requires running things in a separate process.

To learn more about zygote processes check out these notes on Chromium.

Getting started

use zygote::Zygote;
fn main() {
    Zygote::init();
    let pid = Zygote::global().run(|_| std::process::id(), ());
    assert_ne!(pid, std::process::id());
}

lib.rs:

zygote is a library to create zygote processes on linux. A zygote process is a small process used primarily to create new processes, but can be used for anything that requires running things in a separate process.

To learn more about zygote processes check out these notes on Chromium.

Getting started

fn main() {
    Zygote::init();
    let pid = Zygote::global().run(|_| std::process::id(), ());
    assert_ne!(pid, std::process::id());
}

Dependencies

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