Process Primitives
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Process Creation and Execution
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Process Creation
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.. code:: c
fork(), Function, Unimplementable, Requires Processes
Execute a File
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.. code:: c
execl(), Function, Unimplementable, Requires Processes
execv(), Function, Unimplementable, Requires Processes
execle(), Function, Unimplementable, Requires Processes
execve(), Function, Unimplementable, Requires Processes
execlp(), Function, Unimplementable, Requires Processes
execvp(), Function, Unimplementable, Requires Processes
Register Fork Handlers
----------------------
.. code:: c
pthread_atfork(), Function, Unimplementable, Requires Processes
Process Termination
===================
Wait for Process Termination
----------------------------
.. code:: c
wait(), Function, Unimplementable, Requires Processes
waitpid(), Function, Unimplementable, Requires Processes
WNOHANG, Constant, Unimplementable, Requires Processes
WUNTRACED, Constant, Unimplementable, Requires Processes
WIFEXITED(), Function, Unimplementable, Requires Processes
WEXITSTATUS(), Function, Unimplementable, Requires Processes
WIFSIGNALED(), Function, Unimplementable, Requires Processes
WTERMSIG(), Function, Unimplementable, Requires Processes
WIFSTOPPED(), Function, Unimplementable, Requires Processes
WSTOPSIG(), Function, Unimplementable, Requires Processes
Terminate a Process
-------------------
.. code:: c
_exit(), Function, Implemented
Signals
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Signal Concepts
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Signal Names
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.. code:: c
sigset_t, Type, Implemented
SIG_DFL, Constant, Implemented
SIG_IGN, Constant, Implemented
SIG_ERR, Constant, Implemented
SIGABRT, Constant, Implemented
SIGALRM, Constant, Implemented
SIGFPE, Constant, Implemented
SIGHUP, Constant, Implemented
SIGILL, Constant, Implemented
SIGINT, Constant, Implemented
SIGKILL, Constant, Implemented
SIGPIPE, Constant, Implemented
SIGQUIT, Constant, Implemented
SIGSEGV, Constant, Implemented
SIGTERM, Constant, Implemented
SIGUSR1, Constant, Implemented
SIGUSR2, Constant, Implemented
SIGCHLD, Constant, Unimplemented
SIGCONT, Constant, Unimplemented
SIGSTOP, Constant, Unimplemented
SIGTSTP, Constant, Unimplemented
SIGTTIN, Constant, Unimplemented
SIGTTOU, Constant, Unimplemented
SIGBUS, Constant, Implemented
SIGRTMIN, Constant, Implemented
SIGRTMAX, Constant, Implemented
NOTE: SIG_ERR is technically an extension to the C Library which is
not documented anywhere else according to the index.
Signal Generation and Delivery
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. code:: c
struct sigevent, Type, Implemented
union sigval, Type, Implemented
SIGEV_NONE, Constant, Implemented
SIGEV_SIGNAL, Constant, Implemented
SIGEV_THREAD, Constant, Implemented
Signal Actions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. code:: c
siginfo_t, Type, Implemented
SI_USER, Constant, Implemented
SI_QUEUE, Constant, Implemented
SI_TIMER, Constant, Implemented
SI_ASYNCIO, Constant, Implemented
SI_MESGQ, Constant, Implemented
Send a Signal to a Process
--------------------------
.. code:: c
kill(), Function, Implemented
Manipulate Signal Sets
----------------------
.. code:: c
sigemptyset(), Function, Implemented
sigfillset(), Function, Implemented
sigaddset(), Function, Implemented
sigdelset(), Function, Implemented
sigismember(), Function, Implemented
Examine and Change Signal Action
--------------------------------
.. code:: c
sigaction(), Function, Implemented
sigaction, Type, Implemented
SA_NOCLDSTOP, Constant, Implemented
SA_SIGINFO, Constant, Implemented
Examine and Change Blocked Signals
----------------------------------
.. code:: c
pthread_sigmask(), Function, Implemented
sigprocmask(), Function, Implemented
SIG_BLOCK, Constant, Implemented
SIG_UNBLOCK, Constant, Implemented
SIG_SETMASK, Constant, Implemented
Examine Pending Signals
-----------------------
.. code:: c
sigpending(), Function, Implemented
Wait for a Signal
-----------------
.. code:: c
sigsuspend(), Function, Implemented
Synchronously Accept a Signal
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.. code:: c
sigwait(), Function, Implemented
sigwaitinfo(), Function, Implemented
sigtimedwait(), Function, Implemented
Queue a Signal to a Process
---------------------------
.. code:: c
sigqueue(), Function, Implemented
Send a Signal to a Thread
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.. code:: c
pthread_kill(), Function, Implemented
Timer Operations
================
Schedule Alarm
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.. code:: c
alarm(), Function, Implemented
Suspend Process Execution
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.. code:: c
pause(), Function, Implemented
Delay Process Execution
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.. code:: c
sleep(), Function, Implemented
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