write About fork()?
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Answer / msalve
Fork system call is used to create a new process. Fork is
called onces and returns twice.It will return 0 to the newly
created process (child process) and process id of child to
the calling process(parent process).
The child process gets copy of parents data, stack and heap
segement.The code segement is common for both.Both the
processes will resume execution from the command next to
fork.Scheduler decide which process to run first.
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Answer / jagbir singh
fork is a system call used for creat a new process it return
two values ,return 0 for the child or new process and pid of
child or new process to the parent process or calling process.
child process uses same process context,which uses by the
parent process but the pcb(process context board)is differ
to the parent process
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