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BC230405620 - CS604 - 1 - Spring 2025

The document contains an assignment for Operating Systems (CS604) by Abdul Hannan, detailing two parts of code involving process creation and management in C. Part A calculates the factorial of numbers using child processes, while Part B demonstrates process replacement and the handling of zombie processes. Both parts include error handling and output statements for process identification.

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BC230405620 - CS604 - 1 - Spring 2025

The document contains an assignment for Operating Systems (CS604) by Abdul Hannan, detailing two parts of code involving process creation and management in C. Part A calculates the factorial of numbers using child processes, while Part B demonstrates process replacement and the handling of zombie processes. Both parts include error handling and output statements for process identification.

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Operating Systems (CS604)

Assignment # 01
Spring 2025

BC230405620
Abdul Hannan

Solution:

Part A Code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>

// Function to calculate factorial


int factorial(int n) {
if (n <= 1)
return 1;
return n * factorial(n - 1);
}

int main() {
pid_t pid;
int i;

for (i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {


pid = fork(); // Create child process

if (pid < 0) {
perror("Fork failed");
exit(1);
}
if (pid == 0) {
// Child process code
int fact = factorial(i + 2); // Correctly calculating factorial of (i + 2)
printf("Child Process: PID = %d, PPID = %d\n", getpid(), getppid());
printf("Student ID: BC230405620, Name: Abdul Hannan\n");
printf("Factorial of %d is: %d\n\n", i + 2, fact);
fflush(stdout); // Ensure output is written
exit(0); // Exit child process
}
}

// Parent waits for all 3 children


for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
wait(NULL);
}

printf("Parent process: All child processes have completed.\n");


return 0;
}

Output Screenshot
Part B Code:

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

int main() {
pid_t child1, child2;

// Create first child process


child1 = fork();

if (child1 < 0) {
perror("Fork for Child 1 failed");
exit(1);
}

if (child1 == 0) {
// First child replaces process image with 'ls -l' command
printf("Child 1 (PID=%d, PPID=%d): Executing 'ls -l'\n", getpid(), getppid());
execlp("ls", "ls", "-l", NULL);

// If execlp fails
perror("execlp failed in Child 1");
exit(1);
}

// Create second child process


child2 = fork();

if (child2 < 0) {
perror("Fork for Child 2 failed");
exit(1);
}

if (child2 == 0) {
// Second child simply runs and exits
printf("Child 2 (PID=%d, PPID=%d): Running and exiting...\n", getpid(),
getppid());
exit(0);
}

// Parent process sleeps instead of using wait()


// This allows time to inspect zombie processes
printf("Parent (PID=%d): Sleeping for 30 seconds to observe zombie processes...\n",
getpid());
sleep(30);

// After sleep, parent exits


printf("Parent: Done sleeping. Exiting now.\n");
return 0;
}
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