Unix IPC Question:

What Happens when we execute a Unix command?

Unix Inter-Process Communication (IPC) Interview Question
Unix Inter-Process Communication (IPC) Interview Question

Answer:

When command is given then unix os will fork the shell i.e
will creat a new process and will execute the command using
exec command...something like suppose you gave command "ls"
in the shell then...
fork();
exec(ls);
It will give you the result and after this the child process
will die.


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