'Is there a synchronous version of child_process.fork() in node.js?
There is spawn and spawnSync, but there is no forkSync for fork. Or did I fail to find it? If not, why is there no forkSync?
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fork is only synchronous, returning ChildProcess. There is no callback involved, nor a promise to be fulfilled.
(i.e. There is no child_process.forkSync for the same reason there is no console.logSync)
EDIT: In comparison to spawn and spawnSync - the purpose of spawnSync is to wait till the child process is done, not just to launch it. The sole difference between fork and spawn is the existence of a communication channel between the parent and the child process, which is useless if the parent is frozen in time. Thus, forkSync in that context would make no sense (as different than spawnSync).
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