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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I am breaking my head to understand the below line of code in perl:
next if $pid = fork; # Parent goes to next server.
die "fork failed: $!" unless defined $pid;
Can anyone please explain me in detail as I am a slow learner?
Thanks,
Ali. (2 Replies)
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2. Programming
I understand that fork create a child but I need very simple example that make child useful....
I mean how will make the program faster anyone explain with code plz
using C plz (2 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Can someone tell me perl fork example please. I tried online but could not get proper documentation. (2 Replies)
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I'm trying to run a simple test on how to use fork(), i'm able to execute the child process first then the parent, but how can I execute parent then child..?
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi, I want to exec three different functions in perl one per fork();
How can I determine that this it the third fork and I should use third function in it.
if ($pid = 0) { first();}
else (
#parent
second();
)
How to run third function? (1 Reply)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have never coded in perl before (just started today morning :). I need to write a perl program to automate a task.
Here is how I do it manually:
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7. Programming
Hi everybody,
I wanna write a code to understand how fork works.
my target
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-Parent creates a file(called temp) and writes into this file "1".Then it closes the file.
-Then parent creates a child and wait until execution of this child ends.
-Then child opens the same... (3 Replies)
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8. Programming
hi all
About this code
for (i = 1; i < n; i++)
if ((childpid = fork()) <= 0)
break;
I really can't understand the output .
and the way fork () return the value .
how about the process Id ,the child process Id and the parent ID
in this case
so please answer me soon (5 Replies)
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9. Programming
Hello all.
I'm developing a filetransfer application, which is supposed to work sort of like dcc, with multiple transfers etc. Now i wonder what the best way to manage the transfers is. Should i fork() for each new transfer, hogging loads of memory or use pthreads? Maybe I can use select to see... (0 Replies)
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10. Programming
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#define MAX_COUNT 200
#define BUF_SIZE 100
void main(void)
{
pid_t pid;
int i;
char buf;
fork();
pid = getpid();
for (i = 1; i <= MAX_COUNT; i++) {
sprintf(buf,... (2 Replies)
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