Top "Execv" questions

Using execv (C language) to run commands from a linux command prompt

The only part I am confused on thus far is how to set up execv with the first parameter as …

c unix argv execv

waitpid - WIFEXITED returning 0 although child exited normally

I have been writing a program that spawns a child process, and calls waitpid to wait for the termination of …

c fork waitpid execv

no such file or directory when using execv()

Im trying to write a basic shell that can interpret simple commands like date, ls in the language c. I …

c shell execv

C++ fork() and execv() problems

I am kind of newbie on C++, and working on a simple program on Linux which is supposed to invoke …

c++ linux fork execv

prctl(PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, SIGNAL) is called on parent thread exit, not parent process exit

I have a process that is forking to a child process. The child process should not exist if the parent …

c++ multithreading fork execv

Does the C execv() function terminate the child proccess?

Heres a breakdown of my code. I have a program that forks a child (and registers the child's pid in …

c fork switch-statement execv

redirecting output of execvp into a file in C

I don't know what I am doing wrong... but here is the snippet of code that is being executed: if (…

c file redirect execv

Writing own Unix shell in C - Problems with PATH and execv

I'm writing my own shell in C. It needs to be able to display the users current directory, execute commands …

c shell unix execv getenv