Top "Fork" questions

Can the order of execution of fork() be determined?

I'm working on an exercise on the textbook "Operating System Concepts 7th Edition", and I'm a bit confused about how …

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Returning data from forked processes

If I do Process.fork do x end how can I know what x returned (e.g. true/fase/string) ? (…

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Multithreaded fork

Can fork() function be used to replicate a multithreaded process. And if so, will all threads be exactly the same …

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How can I use foreach and fork together to do something in parallel?

This question is not UVM specific but the example that I am working on is UVM related. I have an …

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Forking a gem for a Rails project

I've found myself twice in this situation: I install a gem on my system and start using it from my …

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Linux, waitpid, WNOHANG and zombies

I need to be able to: fork a process and make it execvp (I did that) check if the child …

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What happens to other threads when one thread forks()?

In C++ using pthreads, what happens to your other threads if one of your threads calls fork? It appears that …

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How do you use dup2 and fork together?

I'm taking an operating systems course and I'm having a hard time how input is redirected with dup2 when you …

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How to use dup2/close correctly to connect these three processes?

I'm trying to properly connect three processes in order to allow inter-process communication between them. I have one process, scanner, …

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What Happens When I Call fork() in Unix?

I've tried to look this up, but I'm struggling a bit to understand the relation between the Parent Process and …

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