csci4061/lab06-code/birth_death.c
Michael Zhang 041f660ccd
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2018-01-29 17:28:37 -06:00

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
if(argc < 3){
printf("usage: %s <program> <int>\n",argv[0]);
exit(0);
}
char *child_prog = argv[1]; // program to run as a child
int lifetime = atoi(argv[2]); // time to wait to end child
int pid = fork(); // fork execution
if(pid == 0){ // CHILD
execlp(child_prog, child_prog, NULL); // execute specified program
}
int status, ret; // PARENT
while(1){ // Loop until child done
sleep(lifetime); // sleep for given "lifetime" of child
ret = waitpid(pid, &status, WNOHANG); // check on child
if(ret == pid){ // if child is finished
break; // break from loop
}
int result = kill(pid,SIGINT); // send a interrupt signal to child
printf("kill result: %d\n",result); // check on delivery
}
if(WIFSIGNALED(status)){ // check if a signal ended the child
printf("child process %d terminated with signal %d\n",
pid,WTERMSIG(status));
}
exit(0);
}