Unix System Calls and Library Functions

Exercise 3.9: Process Fans (p. 88) in Robbins/Robbins text

To build this program run:

make

To run:

./runsim [n] < testing.data

To clean up run:

make clean

Description of problems encountered:

• Had trouble with gargled print output and with extra lines being read from stdin. This was fixed after I had child processes start executing new processes.

• Also learning new c functions was time consuming. I learned new c functions by reading the robbins textbook, man pages, and various other sources.

I learned a lot in this assignment.

Below is my git log (in oneline format):

• 5885207 Add getopt()
• 3842658 Edit runsim.c header comment
• cab6a06 Clean up testsim.c
• ad32ece Add get_argv(), develop testim.c, cleanup runsim.c
• bf0e4ed Add exec to runsim
• 2b02568 Add runsim.c, testing.data, testsim.c, Edit makefile
• 320f898 Add r_wait function
• 256c1b1 Initial commit