379_demos/lab1/zombies.c
2024-09-24 13:34:24 -06:00

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// Write a program that creates a zombie, and then call system() from stdlib.h
// (for executing a command from within a program) to execute the ps(1) command
// to verify that the process is a zombie.
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <signal.h>
void create_zombie() {
int pid = fork();
if (pid == 0) {
sleep(100000);
} else {
_exit(0);
}
}
void get_ps(int pid) {
char spid[1000];
sprintf(spid, "ps aux | awk '$2 == %d { print }'", pid);
system(spid);
}
int main(void) {
int pid = fork();
if (pid == 0) {
create_zombie();
} else {
get_ps(pid);
}
return -1;
}