Introduction to Process API
Explore the fundamentals of process creation and control in UNIX systems. Understand how fork(), exec(), and wait() system calls enable creating and managing processes efficiently, giving you practical skills to work with process APIs in real-world operating systems.
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In this interlude, we discuss process creation in UNIX systems. UNIX presents one of the most intriguing ways to create a new process with a pair of system calls: fork() and exec(). A third routine, ...