On Qua, 2010-12-15 at 23:31 +0530, Chaitannya Mahatme wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I tried finding answer to this question in many books but never quite > got a satisfactory answer to this question. > > A fork process would replicate it parent, my question is > 1. Why is fork necessary to create a process. Why replicate a > existing process before creating a new process. > 2. The exec algorithm is executed after fork which overrides what > fork has done, then why do fork. Why can't we directly do > exec.
You've answered that already: because exec replaces the current process. -- Jose Celestino | http://japc.uncovering.org/files/japc-pgpkey.asc ---------------------------------------------------------------- "Assumption is the Mother of Screw-Up" -- Mr. John Elwood Hale -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
