1.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
int x;
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
printf("This program pid is (%d), x is %d\n", (int)getpid(), x);
int rc = fork();
if (rc < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "fork failed\n");
exit(1);
} else if (rc == 0) {
wait(NULL);
printf("I am child (pid:%d), my x is %d\n", (int)getpid(), x);
x = 3;
printf("x in child now changed to %d\n", x);
} else {
x = 100;
printf("I am parent of %d (pid:%d), my x is %d\n", rc, (int)getpid(), x);
}
return 0;
}
结果如下图所示:
可以看出,当主进程改变变量x的值时,子进程x变量的值不会改变,当子进程和父进程都改变x的值时,x在父子进程会分别变成不一样的值。
2.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
char buffer[13];
int in, out;
in = open("./52.txt", O_RDONLY);
out = open("./52.txt", O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
int cread, pread;
int rc = fork();
if (rc < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "fork failed\n");
exit(1);
} else if (rc == 0) {
cread = read(in, buffer, 13);
if (cread == -1) {
printf("child cannot visit file\n");
} else {
printf("child can visit file\n");
}
write(out, "I am child\n", 10);
} else {
pread = read(in, buffer, 13);
if (pread == -1) {
printf("parent cannot visit file\n");
} else {
printf("parent can visit file\n");
}
write(out, "I am parent\n", 12);
}
return 0;
}
结果如下所示:
因此,子进程和父进程都可以访问open()返回的文件描述符,当它们并发写入文件时,父子进程都能将内容写入文件。
3.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
printf("This program pid is (%d)\n", (int)getpid());
int rc = vfork();
if (rc < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "fork failed\n");
exit(1);
} else if (rc == 0) {
printf("I am child (pid:%d), hello\n", (int)getpid());
exit(0);
} else {
printf("I am parent of %d (pid:%d), goodbye\n", rc, (int)getpid());
}
return 0;
}
使用vfork创建一个子进程能保证子进程先运行,子进程调用exec或者exit之前父进程处于阻塞等待状态。