Index: trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pantasks/LocalJob.c
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--- trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pantasks/LocalJob.c	(revision 18161)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pantasks/LocalJob.c	(revision 23530)
@@ -127,4 +127,9 @@
 
   pid = fork ();
+  if (pid == -1) {
+    gprint_syserror (GP_ERR, errno, "error starting local job: ");
+    goto pipe_error;
+  }
+
   if (!pid) { /* must be child process */
     if (VerboseMode()) gprint (GP_ERR, "starting local job\n");