#include <errno.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int main(void)
{
pid_t Checksum_pid = fork();
if (Checksum_pid < 0)
printf("Fork Failed\n");
else if (Checksum_pid == 0)
{
printf("\nInside Child Process before execl");
//execl("/bin/sleep", "/bin/sleep", "2", NULL);
execl("/bin/ls","ls",(char *)NULL) ;
//exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
printf("\nInside Child Process after execl\n");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
else
{
int childStatus;
printf("\nInside Parent Process");
sleep(5);
pid_t returnValue = waitpid(Checksum_pid, &childStatus, WNOHANG);
if (returnValue > 0)
{
if (WIFEXITED(childStatus))
printf("\nChild Exit Code: %d\n", WEXITSTATUS(childStatus));
else
printf("\nChild Exit Status: 0x%.4X\n", childStatus);
}
else if (returnValue == 0)
printf("\nChild process still running\n");
else
{
if (errno == ECHILD)
printf("\nError ECHILD!!\n");
else if (errno == EINTR)
printf("\nError EINTR!!\n");
else
printf("\nError EINVAL!!\n");
}
printf("\nParent: I am about to finish\n");
}
return 0;
}
Output:
kth4kor-2:~/bosch/Test1$ ./a.out a.out ___waitpid_test1 waitpid_test1~ waitpid_test1.c waitpid_test1.c~ waitpid_test2.c waitpid_test2.c~
Inside Parent Process Child Exit Code: 0
Parent: I am about to finish
Now If I will remove sleep(5) in parent then output:
kth4kor-2:~/bosch/Test1$ ./a.out
Inside Parent Process
Child process still running
Parent: I am about to finish
kth4kor@g3gdev-kth4kor-2:~/bosch/Test1$ a.out ___waitpid_test1 waitpid_test1~ waitpid_test1.c waitpid_test1.c~ waitpid_test2.c waitpid_test2.c~
Finally I tried with 0 as third argument to waitpid instead of WNOHANG then its gave me below output with any prints of child:
kth4kor-2:~/bosch/Test1$ ./a.out
a.out ___waitpid_test1 waitpid_test1~ waitpid_test1.c waitpid_test1.c~ waitpid_test2.c waitpid_test2.c~
Inside Parent Process
Child Exit Code: 0
Parent: I am about to finish
Can somebody help me to understand the behavior of process after executing execl and before executing it?