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19 /****************************************************************
22 * Program to test process creation
24 * Author: Simone Piccardi
27 * Usage: forktest -h give all info's
29 * $Id: ForkTest.c,v 1.10 2003/05/02 09:55:13 piccardi Exp $
31 ****************************************************************/
33 * Include needed headers
35 #include <errno.h> /* error definitions and routines */
36 #include <stdlib.h> /* C standard library */
37 #include <unistd.h> /* unix standard library */
38 #include <stdio.h> /* standard I/O library */
39 #include <string.h> /* string functions */
44 /* Help printing routine */
47 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
50 * Variables definition
58 * Input section: decode command line parameters
61 opterr = 0; /* don't want writing to stderr */
62 while ( (i = getopt(argc, argv, "hsp:c:e:")) != -1) {
67 case 'h': /* help option */
68 printf("Wrong -h option use\n");
72 case 'c': /* take wait time for childen */
73 wait_child = strtol(optarg, NULL, 10); /* convert input */
75 case 'p': /* take wait time for childen */
76 wait_parent = strtol(optarg, NULL, 10); /* convert input */
78 case 'e': /* take wait before parent exit */
79 wait_end = strtol(optarg, NULL, 10); /* convert input */
82 Signal(SIGCHLD, HandSigCHLD);
84 case '?': /* unrecognized options */
85 printf("Unrecognized options -%c\n",optopt);
87 default: /* should not reached */
91 /* ***********************************************************
93 * Options processing completed
97 * ***********************************************************/
98 /* There must be remaing parameters */
102 nchild = atoi(argv[optind]);
103 printf("Process %d: forking %d child\n", getpid(), nchild);
104 /* loop to fork children */
105 for (i=0; i<nchild; i++) {
106 if ( (pid = fork()) < 0) {
108 printf("Error on %d child creation, %s\n", i+1, strerror(errno));
111 if (pid == 0) { /* child */
112 printf("Child %d successfully executing\n", ++i);
113 if (wait_child) sleep(wait_child);
114 printf("Child %d, parent %d, exiting\n", i, getppid());
116 } else { /* parent */
117 printf("Spawned %d child, pid %d \n", i+1, pid);
118 if (wait_parent) sleep(wait_parent);
119 printf("Go to next child \n");
123 if (wait_end) sleep(wait_end);
127 * routine to print usage info and exit
130 printf("Program forktest: fork a given number of child \n");
132 printf(" forktest [-h] [-p sec] [-c sec] [-e sec] child to fork \n");
133 printf(" -h print this help\n");
134 printf(" -s install signal handler\n");
135 printf(" -p sec wait sec seconds before next fork\n");
136 printf(" -c sec wait sec seconds before child termination\n");
137 printf(" -e sec wait sec seconds before parent return\n");