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SystemCall Programs

The document contains three programs demonstrating the use of system calls in C. The first program copies a file, the second implements a move operation, and the third illustrates forking and executing processes. Each program includes error handling and basic file operations.

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SystemCall Programs

The document contains three programs demonstrating the use of system calls in C. The first program copies a file, the second implements a move operation, and the third illustrates forking and executing processes. Each program includes error handling and basic file operations.

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//System call programs

//Program 1
//Copy a file to another using system calls
//Usage of command line arguments

#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>

int main(int argc,char *argv[])


{
char buf;
int fd_one, fd_two;

fd_one = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY);

if (fd_one == -1)
{
printf("Error opening first_file\n");
close(fd_one);
return;
}

fd_two = open(argv[2], O_WRONLY | O_CREAT);

while(read(fd_one, &buf, 1))


{
write(fd_two, &buf, 1);
}

printf("\nSuccessfully copied %12s to


%12s\n”,argv[1] , argv[2]);

close(fd_one);
close(fd_two);}
//mv implemented using system call
//Program 2
#include<fcntl.h>
#include<stdio.h>
#include<unistd.h>
#include<sys/stat.h>
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
int fd1,fd2;
int n,count=0;
fd1=open(argv[1],O_RDONLY);
fd2=creat(argv[2],S_IWUSR);
rename(fd1,fd2);
unlink(argv[1]);
return (0);
}
//Fork and exec system call
//Program 3

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

char str[128];

strcpy(str, "Hello");

printf("str's address is %p\n", str);

pid_t pid = fork();

if (pid == 0) { // The child should modify str

printf("I am the child. str's address is %p\n", str);

strcpy(str, "Howdy");

printf("I am the child and I changed str to %s. str's address is still %p\n", str, str); }

else { // The parent should sleep and print out str

printf("I am the parent. str's address is %p\n", str);

printf("I am the parent, and I'm going to sleep for 2 seconds.\n");

sleep(2);

printf("I am the parent. I just woke up. str's address is %p, and its value is %s\n", str, str);

return 0;

}
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

pid_t children[8]; for (size_t i = 0; i < 8; i++) {

if ((children[i] = fork()) == 0)

exit(110 + i); }

for (size_t i = 0; i < 8; i++) {

int status; pid_t pid = waitpid(children[i], &status, 0);

assert(pid == children[i]);

assert(WIFEXITED(status) && (WEXITSTATUS(status) == (110 + i)));

printf("Child with pid %d accounted for (return status of %d).\n", children[i],


WEXITSTATUS(status)); }

return 0;

}
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

printf("Starting the program\n");

pid_t pidOrZero1 = fork();

pid_t pidOrZero2 = fork();

if (pidOrZero1 != 0 && pidOrZero2 != 0) {

printf("Hello\n"); }

if (pidOrZero2 != 0) {

printf("Hi there\n");

return 0;

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