#include <stdio.h> 
#include <sys/types.h> 
#include <unistd.h> 
#include <stdlib.h> 
#include <errno.h> 
#include <sys/wait.h> 
int main() 
{ 
 pid_t process_id; 
 int return_val = 1; 
 int state; 
 process_id = fork(); 
 if (process_id == -1)  
{  
//when process id is negative, there is an error , unable to fork 
 printf("cant fork, error occured\n"); 
 exit(EXIT_FAILURE); 
 } 
else if(process_id == 0) 
 { 
 //the child process is created 
 printf("the child process is (%u)\n",getpid());  char * argv_list[] = {"ls","-lart","/home",NULL}; 
 execv("ls",argv_list);//execv() only return if error occured.  exit(0); 
 }  
else { 
 //for the parent process 
 printf("the parent process is (%u)\n",getpid());

 if (waitpid(process_id, &state, 0) > 0)  
 { 
 // wait until process change its state   
 if (WIFEXITED(state) && !WEXITSTATUS(state))   printf("program is executed successfully \n"); 
 else if (WIFEXITED(state) && WEXITSTATUS(state)) { 
 if (WEXITSTATUS(state) == 127 )  
 { 
 printf("Execution is failed\n"); 
 } 
else 
 printf("progrm terminated with non_zero status\n");  } 
else 
 printf("progrm didnot terminate normally\n"); 
 } 
 else 
 { 
 printf("watpid() function failed\n"); 
 } 
 exit(0); 
 } 
  
 return 0; 
}

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About C

C language is one of the most popular general-purpose programming language developed by Dennis Ritchie at Bell laboratories for UNIX operating system. The initial release of C Language was in the year 1972. Most of the desktop operating systems are written in C Language.

Key features:

  • Structured Programming
  • Popular system programming language
  • UNIX, MySQL and Oracle are completely written in C.
  • Supports variety of platforms
  • Efficient and also handle low-level activities.
  • As fast as assembly language and hence used as system development language.

Syntax help

Loops

1. If-Else:

When ever you want to perform a set of operations based on a condition if-else is used.

if(conditional-expression) {
   // code
} else {
   // code
}

You can also use if-else for nested Ifs and if-else-if ladder when multiple conditions are to be performed on a single variable.

2. Switch:

Switch is an alternative to if-else-if ladder.

switch(conditional-expression) {    
case value1:    
 // code    
 break;  // optional  
case value2:    
 // code    
 break;  // optional  
...    
    
default:     
 // code to be executed when all the above cases are not matched;    
}

3. For:

For loop is used to iterate a set of statements based on a condition.

for(Initialization; Condition; Increment/decrement){  
  // code  
}

4. While:

While is also used to iterate a set of statements based on a condition. Usually while is preferred when number of iterations are not known in advance.

while(condition) {  
 // code 
}

5. Do-While:

Do-while is also used to iterate a set of statements based on a condition. It is mostly used when you need to execute the statements atleast once.

do {
  // code 
} while (condition);

Arrays

Array is a collection of similar data which is stored in continuous memory addresses. Array values can be fetched using index. Index starts from 0 to size-1.

Syntax

One dimentional Array:

data-type array-name[size];

Two dimensional array:

data-type array-name[size][size];

Functions

Function is a sub-routine which contains set of statements. Usually functions are written when multiple calls are required to same set of statements which increases re-usuability and modularity.

Two types of functions are present in C

  1. Library Functions:

Library functions are the in-built functions which are declared in header files like printf(),scanf(),puts(),gets() etc.,

  1. User defined functions:

User defined functions are the ones which are written by the programmer based on the requirement.

How to declare a Function

return_type function_name(parameters);

How to call a Function

function_name (parameters)

How to define a Function

return_type function_name(parameters) {  
  //code
}