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wait a process in C

Onyekachukwu Nweke answered on June 4, 2022 Popularity 6/10 Helpfulness 6/10

answer wait a process in C

wait a process in C

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julien@ubuntu:~/c/shell$ cat wait.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>

/**
 * main - fork & wait example
 *
 * Return: Always 0.
 */
int main(void)
{
    pid_t child_pid;
    int status;

    child_pid = fork();
    if (child_pid == -1)
    {
        perror("Error:");
        return (1);
    }
    if (child_pid == 0)
    {
        printf("Wait for me, wait for me\n");
        sleep(3);
    }
    else
    {
        wait(&status);
        printf("Oh, it's all better now\n");
    }
    return (0);
}
julien@ubuntu:~/c/shell$ gcc -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pedantic wait.c -o wait
julien@ubuntu:~/c/shell$ ./wait 
Wait for me, wait for me
Oh, it's all better now
julien@ubuntu:~/c/shell$

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