wait系统调用

 

/* 
	
	<<高级Linux编程.pdf>> page46

	wait系统调用: 宏WIFEXITED和WEXITSTATUS的定义一般在/usr/include/sys/wait.h

*/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>	// 包含对宏WIFEXITED和WEXITSTATUS的定义

int spawn(char *program, char **arg_list)
{
	pid_t child_pid;
	child_pid = fork();
	if(child_pid != 0)		// father process
	{
		printf("here is the father process\n");
		return child_pid;
	}
	else					// child process
	{
		execvp(program, arg_list);
		printf("here is the child process\n");
		fprintf(stderr, "Error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
		abort();
	}
}


int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	int child_status;
	char* arg_list[] = {"ls", "-l", "/home/zcm", NULL};
	spawn("ls", arg_list);

	wait(&child_status);
	if(WIFEXITED(child_status))
		printf("The child process exited normally, with exit code %d\n", WEXITSTATUS(child_status));
	else
		printf("The child process exited abnormally\n");

	printf("done with main program\n");
	
	return 0;
}