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Assignment solution of cs604

The document contains an assignment solution for CS604 by student Mehak Adeel, detailing C programming code for calculating factorials using child processes and demonstrating process management with fork and execlp. It includes three parts: the first part calculates the factorial of a number in multiple child processes, the second part creates two child processes with simple exit messages, and the third part modifies one child to execute a command using execlp. The output sections indicate the expected behavior of the processes and the parent process's response to their completion.

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Assignment solution of cs604

The document contains an assignment solution for CS604 by student Mehak Adeel, detailing C programming code for calculating factorials using child processes and demonstrating process management with fork and execlp. It includes three parts: the first part calculates the factorial of a number in multiple child processes, the second part creates two child processes with simple exit messages, and the third part modifies one child to execute a command using execlp. The output sections indicate the expected behavior of the processes and the parent process's response to their completion.

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Assignment solution of cs604

Student Name: Mehak Adeel Student ID:


BC2330215528

Question no.01:

Solution: (Part 1)
#include <stdio.h>

#include <stdlib.h>

#include <sys/types.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) {

// Child process

printf("Child Process %d: PID = %d, PPID = %d\n", i + 1, getpid(), getppid());


int num = 5;

int result = factorial(num);

printf("Student ID: BC230215528 | Student Name: Mehak Adeel\n");

printf("Factorial of %d is: %d\n", num, result);

exit(0);

} else if (pid < 0) {

perror("Fork failed");

exit(1);

// Parent process waits for all children

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

wait(NULL);

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

return 0;

Output:
Solution: (Part B) (step 01 Base version (no execlp)

#include <stdio.h>

#include <stdlib.h>

#include <sys/types.h>

#include <unistd.h>

#include <sys/wait.h>

int main() {

pid_t pid1, pid2;

pid1 = fork();
if (pid1 == 0) {

printf("Child 1: PID = %d, PPID = %d\n", getpid(), getppid());

printf("Child 1: Exiting...\n");

exit(0);

pid2 = fork();

if (pid2 == 0) {

printf("Child 2: PID = %d, PPID = %d\n", getpid(), getppid());

printf("Child 2: Exiting...\n");

exit(0);

// Parent waits for both children

wait(NULL);

wait(NULL);

printf("Parent Process: Both child processes have terminated.\n");

return 0;

Output:
Solution: (Part B) (step 02 Modified version using execlp())
#include <stdio.h>

#include <stdlib.h>

#include <sys/types.h>

#include <unistd.h>

#include <sys/wait.h>

int main() {

pid_t pid1, pid2;

pid1 = fork();

if (pid1 == 0) {

printf("Child 1 (execlp): PID = %d, PPID = %d\n", getpid(), getppid());

execlp("ls", "ls", "-l", NULL);

perror("execlp failed");

exit(1);

pid2 = fork();

if (pid2 == 0) {

printf("Child 2: PID = %d, PPID = %d\n", getpid(), getppid());

printf("Child 2: Exiting...\n");

exit(0);

}
// No wait() here

sleep(10); // Allows you to run `ps` in another terminal to check zombie state

printf("Parent Process: Observed children behavior.\n");

return 0;

Output:

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