The wait() System Call
Explore how the wait() system call allows a parent process to pause execution until its child process finishes. Understand the importance of wait() for achieving deterministic output and proper process synchronization within UNIX APIs.
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Running p2.c
So far, we haven’t done much: just created a child that prints out a message and exits. Sometimes, as it turns out, it is quite useful for a parent to wait for a child process to finish what it has been doing. This task is accomplished with the ...