Processes, Unix, and IPC

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Processes, Unix, and IPC

Today

Midterm Results

Process Internals

Nachos Exec/Exit/Join Example

Process Management Example (Midterm Problem #4)

Process Birth Example (Midterm Problem #4)

Elements of the Unix Process and I/O Model

Unix File Descriptors

Unix File Descriptors Illustrated

The Concept of Fork

Unix Fork/Exec/Exit/Wait Example

Example: Process Creation in Unix

What’s So Cool About Fork

Producer/Consumer Pipes

Unix as an Extensible System

The Shell

Limitations of the Unix Process Model

Author: Jeff Chase

Home Page: http://www.cs.duke.edu/~chase/cps110