---------PARENT SCRIPT (have to run in background sh parent.sh &)------------------
--------- child script -----------------
what i am trying is running is -
running a child script in parent script
and in child script i want to collect all the process pid's that are initiated from parent.sh
and kill them all except for parent process and child process..
after that i am trying to display on terminal that when i will kill the parent process , child process will be having init as it parent
Hi everybody,
I'm trying to understand how a parent and child processes interact.
This function( below) basically measures the fork time from the perspective of the parent only.
what i would like to know is how to measure the time from the perspective of parent and child (ie: inserting... (0 Replies)
Hi All,
I have two ksh script. 1st script calls the 2nd script and the second script calls an 'C' program.
I want 1st script to wait until the 'C' program completes.
I cant able to get the process id for the 'C' program (child process) to make the 1st script to wait for the second... (7 Replies)
Hi All,
I facing a problem in handling signals between parent process communication. I am trying to send a signal(SIGINT) from child to parent. I am using kill function to do so and I am trying to read the signal using sigaction(). But the program is ending abruptly and I am not able to figure out... (4 Replies)
Hey all, I need to launch a script from within 2 other scripts that can run independently of the two parent scripts... Im having a hard time doing this, if anyone knows how please let me know.
More detail.
ScriptA (bash), ScriptB (ksh), ScriptC (bash)
ScriptA, launches ScriptB
ScirptB,... (7 Replies)
Hi guys, I'm having some problem here, I'm studying pipes, and i want to create a shell in C and at this point a don't want to use semaphores, instead I want to use tricks. Straight to the doubt: I've a parent and a child process, and both of them has some code to execute, and the child process... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I have a script that calls other scripts/commands which may or may not spawn other process.
From my understanding, when I do a ps -ef, the highest numbered process ID is supposed to be the parent ID of all the other related child processes, is this correct?
In most or all... (3 Replies)
Hi, i want that the parent process start before the child, this code doesn't work,
if the child start before the parent it wait for signal, then the father send the signal SIGALRM and the child catch it and call printf;
else the father call printf and send the signal to the child that call its... (1 Reply)
Hello, everyone.
Here's a program:
pid_t pid = fork();
if (0 == pid) // child process
{
execvp ...;
}
I send a signal (such as SIGINT) to the parent process, the child process receive the signal as well as the parent process.
However I don't want to child process to receive the... (7 Replies)
Hi all,
I am starting mgen5 for sometime depends on input from a file, in a child process. now I want to make parent to wait in this child process till mgen5 finishes, or timeout happens.
could anyone please tell me how to make parent to wait in child process in shell script?
thanks... (2 Replies)
HI i would like to know how i can simulate a shell scripts for my requirement.
example
Server name child Process id Parent Process id
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Server name child Process id Parent Process id
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Server name child... (1 Reply)
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LEARN ABOUT OPENDARWIN
fork
FORK(2) BSD System Calls Manual FORK(2)NAME
fork -- create a new process
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
pid_t
fork(void);
DESCRIPTION
Fork() causes creation of a new process. The new process (child process) is an exact copy of the calling process (parent process) except for
the following:
o The child process has a unique process ID.
o The child process has a different parent process ID (i.e., the process ID of the parent process).
o The child process has its own copy of the parent's descriptors. These descriptors reference the same underlying objects, so that,
for instance, file pointers in file objects are shared between the child and the parent, so that an lseek(2) on a descriptor in the
child process can affect a subsequent read or write by the parent. This descriptor copying is also used by the shell to establish
standard input and output for newly created processes as well as to set up pipes.
o The child processes resource utilizations are set to 0; see setrlimit(2).
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, fork() returns a value of 0 to the child process and returns the process ID of the child process to the parent
process. Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned to the parent process, no child process is created, and the global variable errno is set to
indicate the error.
ERRORS
Fork() will fail and no child process will be created if:
[EAGAIN] The system-imposed limit on the total number of processes under execution would be exceeded. This limit is configuration-
dependent.
[EAGAIN] The system-imposed limit MAXUPRC (<sys/param.h>) on the total number of processes under execution by a single user would
be exceeded.
[ENOMEM] There is insufficient swap space for the new process.
SEE ALSO execve(2), wait(2)HISTORY
A fork() function call appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.
4th Berkeley Distribution June 4, 1993 4th Berkeley Distribution