#include<stdio.h>
#include<sys/stat.h>
#include<unistd.h>
#include<sys/wait.h>
#include<string.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#define MAXLINE 1024
int main()
{
char buf[MAXLINE];
pid_t pid;
int status;
printf("%%");
while( fgets(buf, MAXLINE, stdin) != NULL )
{
if(buf[strlen(buf)-1] == '\n')
buf[strlen(buf)-1] = 0;
if( (pid = fork()) < 0)
{
printf("fork error\n");
return;
}
else if(pid == 0)
{
execlp(buf, buf, (char *)0);
printf("couldn't execute: %s\n", buf);
return;
}
//pid = waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
if( (pid = waitpid(pid, &status, 0)) < 0)
{
printf("waitpid error\n");
exit(0);
}
else
{
printf("finish status: %d\n", pid);
}
printf("%%");
}
return 0;
}
子进程调用execlp函数执行从输入得到的命令(不能含有空格的命令),fork和execlp的组合是某些操作系统所称的产生一个新进程.
子进程调用execlp执行新文件,而父进程希望子进程终止,用waitpid实现,参数pid为要等待的进程.其返回值为pid进程的终止状态(status变量)
运行结果:
ustcqi@ubuntu:~/workplace/linux/APUE/Demo1$ ./fork
%date
2012年 11月 21日 星期三 16:14:19 CST
finish status: 7058
%ls
fork fork.c fork.c~ getPID getPID.c getPID.c~
finish status: 7059
%pwd
/home/ustcqi/workplace/linux/APUE/Demo1
finish status: 7060
%dir
fork fork.c fork.c~ getPID getPID.c getPID.c~
finish status: 7061
%ustcqi@ubuntu:~/workplace/linux/APUE/Demo1$ gedit fork.c
ustcqi@ubuntu:~/workplace/linux/APUE/Demo1$