it doesnt work properly. do you know what is the problem?
Like they said, it's not a shell, it doesn't split for you.
Also, if it did work, your program would immediately quit, because execl doesn't launch a new program -- it replaces your current program. If you want to create a new process, you have to fork first, then exec. Watch the return value of fork carefully. It creates a clone of your process, and its return value is the only thing which tells them which is which. You have to make sure your child process only does what the child should be doing and not anything else, make sure it quits if exec doesn't work and such.
Hi friends,
I hope everyone is fine and doing well. I queried in my previous thread about the low-level qualities of C/C++ languages.I really thank you people for explaining, it was really helpful. One more ambiquity that I have in my mind is regarding the unix system calls like open, creat,... (1 Reply)
Hi friends,
I have three questions.
1) What are system calls?
2) Is it necessary that system calls be in c language (in unix operating system)?
3) Importance of c language when programming in unix environment???
Looking forward to your wonderful replies!
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Hello,
how would i be able to call ps in C programming?
thanks,
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here's the complete system call, ps -o pid -p %d, getpit() (2 Replies)
Hi,
I'm new to UNIX system calls. Can someone share your knowledge as to how exactly system calls should be executed?
Can they be typed like commands such as mkdir on the terminal itself? Also, are there any websites which will show me an example of the output to expect when a system call like... (1 Reply)
open, creat, read, write, lseek and close
Are they all primitive?
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*Another Question: is there a different between a system call, and an i/o system call? (2 Replies)