Consider the following piece of code: #include <stdio.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <unistd.h> int main(void) { int i; for(i = 0; i < 2; i++) { fork(); printf(“.”); } return 0; } This program outputs 8 dots. How can that be possible? Should not there be 6 dots instead? 3 Answers 3
What are the differences between fork and exec? 9 Answers 9
Suppose I have a process which spawns exactly one child process. Now when the parent process exits for whatever reason (normally or abnormally, by kill, ^C, assert failure or anything else) I want the child process to die. How to do that correctly? Some similar question on stackoverflow: (asked earlier) How can I cause a … Read more
I was looking to find the difference between these four on Google and I expected there to be a huge amount of information on this, but there really wasn’t any solid comparison between the four calls. I set about trying to compile a kind of basic at-a-glance look at the differences between these system calls … Read more
