Why does my child process not exit?

p00ndawg · #1 (**permalink**) 07-03-2009

Im sure it has something to do with the wait() call, but everything ive tried either leaves me with a zombie or with the exec executing indefinitely.

Code:

switch(pid = fork())
{
case -1:perror("fork failed");
exit(1);

case 0: 
if(key == "cd")
    {
        
        execl("/bin/cd", "cd", data, (char *)0);
                
    }
    else{
        execl("/bin/sh", key, data, (char *)0);
        perror("exec failed");
        exit(status);    
        }
        
            
default:     waitpid (pid, &status, 0); 
             printf("Done: \n");
        exit(0);
         
}

Franklin52 · #2 (**permalink**) 07-03-2009

Have you get any warnings/errors while compiling the code?
Use the strcmp function to compare strings instead of:

Code:

if(key == "cd")

p00ndawg · #3 (**permalink**) 07-03-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Franklin52

Have you get any warnings/errors while compiling the code?
Use the strcmp function to compare strings instead of:

Code:

if(key == "cd")

no I get no errors, the code runs fine and does what I want. It just doesnt exit the child process.

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alright I got it. thanks for the suggestion.

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