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# DispatchSource.ProcessEvent

Events related to a process.

```
struct ProcessEvent
```

## Topics

### Process Event Flags

[`all`](/documentation/Dispatch/DispatchSource/ProcessEvent/all)

All process-related events.

[`exec`](/documentation/Dispatch/DispatchSource/ProcessEvent/exec)

The process became another executable image.

[`exit`](/documentation/Dispatch/DispatchSource/ProcessEvent/exit)

The process has exited (perhaps cleanly, perhaps not).

[`fork`](/documentation/Dispatch/DispatchSource/ProcessEvent/fork)

The process created one or more child processes.

[`signal`](/documentation/Dispatch/DispatchSource/ProcessEvent/signal)

The process received a UNIX signal.

### Initializing the Type

### Expressing the Type

### Managing the Type

### Comparing the Type


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