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    The fork() system call creates a new process by duplicating the calling process. The child process is an exact copy of the parent process except that it has a unique process ID and parent process ID. fork() returns a process ID to the parent - the child process ID is 0 while the parent receives the child's process ID. The child and parent can then execute independently and the parent can wait for the child to exit using wait() or waitpid().

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    The fork() system call creates a new process by duplicating the calling process. The child process is an exact copy of the parent process except that it has a unique process ID and parent process ID. fork() returns a process ID to the parent - the child process ID is 0 while the parent receives the child's process ID. The child and parent can then execute independently and the parent can wait for the child to exit using wait() or waitpid().

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    fork()

    The fork() system call causes the creation of a new process. The new process
    (the child process) is an exact copy of the calling process (the parent process).
    SYNOPSIS
    #include<unistd.h>
    pid_tfork(void);
    DESCRIPTION
    Thechildprocessinheritsthefollowingattributesfromthe
    parentprocess...(man)
    Thechildprocessdiffersfromtheparentprocessinthe
    followingways:
    ThechildprocesshasauniqueprocessID.
    ThechildprocessIDdoesnotmatchanyactiveprocessgroupID.
    ThechildprocesshasadifferentparentprocessID(whichisthe
    processIDoftheparentprocess).
    Thesetofsignalspendingforthechildprocessisinitialized
    totheemptyset.

    fork()
    pid_t is the generic process type. Under Unix, this is a short.
    fork() can only return three things:
    0 for a child process
    1 no child was created
    else PID of your child is returned to the parent

    Child

    Parent

    exit()
    When the child calls
    exit(), the return value
    passed will arrive at the
    parent when it wait()s

    wait()it waits for whichever one


    happens to exit first
    waitpid() specify exactly
    which child to wait

    fork()

    #include<stdio.h>
    #include<stdlib.h>
    #include<errno.h>
    #include<unistd.h>
    #include<sys/types.h>
    #include<sys/wait.h>
    intmain(void)
    {
    pid_tpid;
    intrv;
    switch(pid=fork()){
    case1:
    perror("fork");/*somethingwentwrong*/
    exit(1);/*parentexits*/
    case0:
    printf("CHILD:Thisisthechildprocess!\n");
    printf("CHILD:MyPIDis%d\n",getpid());
    printf("CHILD:Myparent'sPIDis%d\n",getppid());
    printf("CHILD:Entermyexitstatus(makeitsmall):");
    scanf("%d",&rv);
    printf("CHILD:I'mouttahere!\n");
    exit(rv);

    fork()
    default:
    printf("PARENT:Thisistheparentprocess!\n");
    printf("PARENT:MyPIDis%d\n",getpid());
    printf("PARENT:Mychild'sPIDis%d\n",pid);
    printf("PARENT:I'mnowwaitingformychildtoexit()...\n");
    wait(&rv);
    printf("PARENT:Mychild'sexitstatusis:%d\n",WEXITSTATUS(rv));
    printf("PARENT:I'mouttahere!\n");
    }
    return0;
    }

    fork()
    if(!fork()){
    printf("I'mthechild!\n");
    exit(0);
    }else{
    printf("I'mtheparent!\n");
    wait(NULL);
    }
    main()
    {
    signal(SIGCHLD,SIG_IGN);/*nowIdon'thavetowait()!*/
    .
    .
    fork();fork();fork();/*Rabbits,rabbits,rabbits!*/
    }

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