CS 456 - Systems Programming Spring 2024

Displaying ./code/feb08/exec.c

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

int main(int argc, char**argv) {
  pid_t child = fork();
  if (child == -1) return EXIT_FAILURE;
  if (child) { /* I have a child! */
    int status;
    waitpid(child , &status ,0);
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;

  } else { /* I am the child */
    // Other versions of exec pass in arguments as arrays
    // Remember first arg is the program name
    // Last arg must be a char pointer to NULL

    execl("/bin/ls", "ls","-alh", (char *) NULL);

    // If we get to this line, something went wrong!
    perror("exec failed!");
  }
}