* cygwinenv.sgml: Explain about new fork_retry CYGWIN environment variable

setting.
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2006-03-13 Christopher Faylor <cgf@timesys.com>
* cygwinenv.sgml: Explain about new fork_retry CYGWIN environment
variable setting.
2006-03-07 Bas van Gompel <cygwin-patch.buzz<at>bavag.tmfweb.nl> 2006-03-07 Bas van Gompel <cygwin-patch.buzz<at>bavag.tmfweb.nl>
* cygwinenv.sgml: Add missing </para> at transparent_exe. * cygwinenv.sgml: Add missing </para> at transparent_exe.

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</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<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 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 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 possible, which is preferable in most cases but may slow some older systems
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</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<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 <para><envar>(no)glob[:ignorecase]</envar> - if set, command line arguments
containing UNIX-style file wildcard characters (brackets, question mark, containing UNIX-style file wildcard characters (brackets, question mark,
asterisk, escaped with \) are expanded into lists of files that match asterisk, escaped with \) are expanded into lists of files that match