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BC210201663 CS604 1

The document contains the solutions for CS604 Assignment 1 by Muhammad Hasaan Mirza, including three parts with C code examples. Part a demonstrates creating child processes to calculate factorials, part b shows two child processes exiting, and part c illustrates using execlp in a child process while allowing a zombie process to appear. Each part includes code snippets and output descriptions.

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BC210201663 CS604 1

The document contains the solutions for CS604 Assignment 1 by Muhammad Hasaan Mirza, including three parts with C code examples. Part a demonstrates creating child processes to calculate factorials, part b shows two child processes exiting, and part c illustrates using execlp in a child process while allowing a zombie process to appear. Each part includes code snippets and output descriptions.

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Name: Muhammad Hasaan Mirza

VUID: BC210201663
CS604 Assignment 1 Solution

Part a
Output

C Code
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>

int factorial(int n) {
if (n <= 1)
return 1;
return n * factorial(n - 1);
}

int main() {
pid_t pid;
int i;

for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {


pid = fork();

if (pid < 0) {
perror("Fork failed");
exit(1);
}
else if (pid == 0) {
// Child process
int fact = factorial(i + 2);
printf("Child Process : PID = %d, PPID: %d\n", getpid(), getppid());
printf("Student ID: BC210201663, Name: Muhammad Hasaan Mirza\n");
printf("Factorial of %d is: %d\n\n", i + 2, fact);
exit(0);
}
}

// Parent waits for 3 children


for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
wait(NULL);
}

printf("Parent: All child processes have completed.");

return 0;
}
Part b
Output

C Code
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>

int main() {
pid_t pid1, pid2;

pid1 = fork();

if (pid1 == 0) {
// First child
printf("Child 1: PID = %d, PPID = %d\n", getpid(), getppid());
printf("Child 1 exiting...\n");
exit(0);
}

pid2 = fork();

if (pid2 == 0) {
// Second child
printf("Child 2: PID = %d, PPID = %d\n", getpid(), getppid());
printf("Child 2 exiting...\n");
exit(0);
}

// Parent process
wait(NULL);
wait(NULL);
printf("Parent: Both children have terminated.");

return 0;
}
Part c
Output

C Code
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>

int main() {
pid_t pid1, pid2;

pid1 = fork();

if (pid1 == 0) {
// First child uses execlp
printf("Child 1: PID: %d, PPID: %d\n", getpid(), getppid());
execlp("ls", "ls", "-l", NULL);

// if execlp fails
perror("execlp failed");
exit(1);
}
pid2 = fork();

if (pid2 == 0) {
// Second child
printf("Child 2: PID = %d, PPID = %d\n", getpid(), getppid());
printf("Child 2 exiting...\n");
exit(0);
}
// Parent doesn't wait - sleep to allow zombie process to appear
printf("Parent sleeping for 10 seconds ...\n");
sleep(10);
printf("Parent: Done sleeping. Use 'ps -l' to check for zombie process.\n");

return 0;
}

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