Top "Fork" questions

What is the closest thing Windows has to fork()?

I guess the question says it all. I want to fork on Windows. What is the most similar operation and …

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Example of waitpid() in use?

I know that waitpid() is used to wait for a process to finish, but how would one use it exactly? …

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Redirecting exec output to a buffer or file

I'm writing a C program where I fork(), exec(), and wait(). I'd like to take the output of the program …

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What does WEXITSTATUS(status) return?

I am trying to understand how WEXITSTATUS(status) works. I have come across a piece of code where the return …

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Multiple child process

can someone help me about how to create multiple child processes which have the same parent in order to do "…

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How to get child PID in C?

I'm creating child processes in a for-loop. Inside the child process, I can retrieve the child PID with getpid(). However, …

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Difference between "system" and "exec" in Linux?

What is the difference between system and exec family commands? Especially I want to know which one of them creates …

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What is the difference between fork and thread?

Can anyone explain the difference between a fork and a thread?

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How to use Fork() to create only 2 child processes?

I'm starting to learn some C and while studying the fork, wait functions I got to a unexpected output. At …

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Having a private branch of a public repo on GitHub?

I have a public PHP project in a GitHub repo, which contains just one branch (master). I want to have …

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