Unix Multiprocess Programming

Creating Processes

The fork() System Call

The wait() System Call

Execute a Program: the execvp() System Call

Shared Memory

Fundamentals

Creating threads

Terminating threads

Waiting for a thread's completion

Global variables

Examples

Running two independent threads

Running many threads that share a global

Yielding the control of execution

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