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CS604 Assignment 1

Noshaba Nadeem
Bc230424161
Solution (a):

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

int factorial(int n) {
if (n == 0 || n == 1) return 1;
return n * factorial(n - 1);
}

int main() {
pid_t child_pid;
int status;

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


child_pid = fork();

if (child_pid == -1) {
perror("fork failed");
exit(1);
}

if (child_pid == 0) {
printf("Child %d: PID = %d, PPID = %d\n", i+1, getpid(), getppid());
int num = i + 4;
int result = factorial(num);

printf("Student ID: Bc230424161, Student Name: Noshaba Nadeem \n");


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

exit(0);
}
}

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


wait(&status);
}

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


return 0;
}
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Solution (b)

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

int main() {
pid_t child1, child2;
int status;

child1 = fork();

if (child1 == -1) {
perror("First fork failed");
exit(1);
}
if (child1 == 0) {
printf("First child: PID = %d, PPID = %d\n", getpid(), getppid());
printf("First child exiting\n");
exit(0);
}

child2 = fork();

if (child2 == -1) {
perror("Second fork failed");
exit(1);
}

if (child2 == 0) {
printf("Second child: PID = %d, PPID = %d\n", getpid(), getppid());
printf("Second child exiting\n");
exit(0);
}

waitpid(child1, &status, 0);


waitpid(child2, &status, 0);

printf("Both children have terminated. Parent exiting.\n");


return 0;
}
Modified Program (with execlp and zombie behavior):
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>

int main() {
pid_t child1, child2;

// Create first child


child1 = fork();

if (child1 < 0) {
perror("First fork failed");
exit(1);
}

if (child1 == 0) {
// In first child process
printf("First child: PID = %d, PPID = %d\n", getpid(), getppid());
printf("First child executing 'ls -l'\n");
if (execlp("ls", "ls", "-l", NULL) == -1) {
perror("execlp failed in first child");
exit(1);
}
}

// Create second child


child2 = fork();

if (child2 < 0) {
perror("Second fork failed");
exit(1);
}

if (child2 == 0) {
// In second child process
printf("Second child: PID = %d, PPID = %d\n", getpid(), getppid());
printf("Second child exiting\n");
exit(0);
}

// Parent process
printf("Parent process: PID = %d\n", getpid());
printf("Parent sleeping for 15 seconds...\n");
printf("Open another terminal and run: ps -elf | grep defunct\n");
sleep(15);

// No wait() — children will become zombies


printf("Parent exiting after sleep (children may still be zombies if not waited on)\n");

return 0;
}

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