/* waitdemo2.c - shows how parent gets child status */ #include #define DELAY 5 main() { int newpid; void child_code(), parent_code(); printf("before: mypid is %d\n", getpid()); if ( (newpid = fork()) == -1 ) perror("fork"); else if ( newpid == 0 ) child_code(DELAY); else parent_code(newpid); } /* * new process takes a nap and then exits */ void child_code(int delay) { printf("child %d here. will sleep for %d seconds\n", getpid(), delay); sleep(delay); printf("child done. about to exit\n"); exit(17); } /* * parent waits for child then prints a message */ void parent_code(int childpid) { int wait_rv; /* return value from wait() */ int child_status; int high_8, low_7, bit_7; wait_rv = wait(&child_status); printf("done waiting for %d. Wait returned: %d\n", childpid, wait_rv); high_8 = child_status >> 8; /* 1111 1111 0000 0000 */ low_7 = child_status & 0x7F; /* 0000 0000 0111 1111 */ bit_7 = child_status & 0x80; /* 0000 0000 1000 0000 */ printf("status: exit=%d, sig=%d, core=%d\n", high_8, low_7, bit_7); }