# Debugging a forked process

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/debugging-a-forked-process/168583>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 22, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/debugging-a-forked-process/168583 "2009-05-22T17:42:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/debugging-a-forked-process/168583/1 "2009-05-22T17:42:27Z")

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Given a rake task like this:

begin  
require ‘gem/rake/task’

Gem::Rake::Task.new(:doit) do |t|  
t.fork = true  
end

How would one go about tracing where the value of $LOAD\_PATH is  
set/changed in the forked interpreter?