Fork, Waitpid, and SIGCHLD
#include <stdio.h> /************ Handling SIGCHLD!! ******************/
#include <signal.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/wait.h> /***** For waitpid. *****/
#include <setjmp.h> /***** For sigsetjmp and siglongjmp. *****/
sigjmp_buf env;
main()
{
pid_t pid;
int n = 20;
struct sigaction sa;
void delete_zombies(void);
sigfillset(&sa.sa_mask);
sa.sa_handler = delete_zombies;
sa.sa_flags = 0;
sigaction(SIGCHLD, &sa, NULL);
sigsetjmp(env, 1);
if ((pid = fork()) < 0)
{
perror("Bad fork!");
exit(1);
}
if (pid > 0) /***** Parent *****/
{
printf("Created child %ld\n", pid);
sleep(n -= 2);
kill(0, SIGKILL);
}
else /***** Child *****/
{
sleep(2);
exit(0); /****** Not necessary here but... ******/
}
}
void delete_zombies(void)
{
pid_t kidpid;
int status;
printf("Inside zombie deleter: ");
while ((kidpid = waitpid(-1, &status, WNOHANG)) > 0)
{
printf("Child %ld terminated\n", kidpid);
}
siglongjmp(env,1);
}
/****************************** Program Output ***************************/
$ a.out
Created child 5150
Inside zombie deleter: Child 5150 terminated
Created child 5151
Inside zombie deleter: Child 5151 terminated
Created child 5152
Inside zombie deleter: Child 5152 terminated
Created child 5153
Inside zombie deleter: Child 5153 terminated
Created child 5154
Inside zombie deleter: Child 5154 terminated
Created child 5155
Inside zombie deleter: Child 5155 terminated
Created child 5156
Inside zombie deleter: Child 5156 terminated
Created child 5157
Inside zombie deleter: Child 5157 terminated
Created child 5158
Killed