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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers about child process Post 302068601 by compbug on Sunday 19th of March 2006 12:04:38 PM
Old 03-19-2006
Question about child process

hello every one,

i want to know more about creation of child process.

UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES child process is created?
WHAT ARE THE PREREQUISITES for a child process to be created?

let us say we have a prog.c, prog.obj(compiled.c),.a\.out files.


is any child PROCESS CREATED from the beginning to the execution of .a.out file
in the above example


please give me clear explanation



thanks for your time
 

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list child(1m)															    list child(1m)

NAME
list child - Displays a list of all the child pointers whose names match the specified child name SYNOPSIS
cdscp list child child-name [with attribute-name = attribute-value] ARGUMENTS
The full name of a specific child pointer. The last simple name can contain wildcard characters. The name of a particular attribute. The value of a particular attribute. DESCRIPTION
The list child command displays a list of all the child pointers whose names match the specified child name. The last simple name can con- tain wildcard characters. You can use a with attribute-name = attribute-value clause to limit output only to child pointers whose attributes have values equal to the specified values. A space must precede and follow the = (equals sign). Privilege Required You must have read permission to the directory that stores the child pointer. If you use a with attribute-name = attribute-value clause in the command, you also need read or test permission to the selected child pointers. NOTE
This command is replaced at Revision 1.1 by the dcecp command and may not be provided in future releases of DCE. EXAMPLE
The following command displays a list of all the child pointers named in the /.:/sales directory: cdscp> list child /.:/sales/* LIST CHILD /.../abc.com/sales AT 1991-10-15-15:56:00 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: create child(1m), delete child(1m), show child(1m) list child(1m)
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